NYSE:KO - The Coca-Cola Stock Price, News, & Analysis

The Coca-Cola trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KO."

The Coca-Cola declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from The Coca-Cola's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View The Coca-Cola's Dividend History.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 14th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.43. The business had revenue of $7.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.07 billion. The Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 43.91% and a net margin of 20.20%. The firm's revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. View The Coca-Cola's Earnings History.

The Coca-Cola is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

The Coca-Cola issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.01-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.22.

21 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for The Coca-Cola's shares. Their predictions range from $46.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate The Coca-Cola's stock price to reach $50.4737 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for The Coca-Cola.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 14 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for The Coca-Cola.

News stories about KO stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The Coca-Cola earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

The Coca-Cola saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 24,059,544 shares, a decrease of 17.4% from the February 15th total of 29,120,284 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,177,997 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View The Coca-Cola's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to The Coca-Cola include LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMUY), PepsiCo (PEP), Diageo (DEO), AMBEV S A/S (ABEV), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Constellation Brands (STZ.B), Brown-Forman (BF.B), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA), Truett-Hurst (THST) and Long Blockchain (LBCC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other The Coca-Cola investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), Walt Disney (DIS) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.95%), FMR LLC (1.43%), Northern Trust Corp (1.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%) and Norges Bank (0.85%). Company insiders that own The Coca-Cola stock include Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, Francisco Crespo, Irial Finan, J Alexander Douglas Jr, James L Dinkins, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, Larry M Mark, Mark Randazza and Robert Edward Long. View Institutional Ownership Trends for The Coca-Cola.

KO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Findlay Park Partners LLP, Millennium Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, American International Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of Montreal Can and Alps Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold The Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, Larry M Mark and Robert Edward Long. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Coca-Cola.

KO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Avalon Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Coca-Cola.

Shares of KO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.93.

The Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $195.93 billion and generates $31.86 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $6.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. The Coca-Cola employs 62,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for The Coca-Cola is http://www.coca-colacompany.com.

The Coca-Cola's mailing address is ONE COCA COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA, 30313. The company can be reached via phone at 404-676-2121.