NYSE:KOCoca-Cola Stock Price, Forecast & News

Coca-Cola's stock was trading at $52.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KO shares have decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at $44.93. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Coca-Cola Co (The) (NYSE:KO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.07. The firm earned $8.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.32 billion. Coca-Cola had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 45.26%. The company's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share. View Coca-Cola's earnings history.

Coca-Cola declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.65%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. View Coca-Cola's dividend history.

21 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Coca-Cola's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Coca-Cola's stock price to reach $55.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coca-Cola.

News articles about KO stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Coca-Cola earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,510,000 shares, a drop of 9.3% from the May 31st total of 29,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 22,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Coca-Cola's Current Options Chain.

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

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

Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), Boltwood Capital Management (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%). Company insiders that own Coca-Cola stock include Beatriz R Perez, Bernhard Goepelt, Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, Larry M Mark, Lisa Chang, Nancy Quan, Nikolaos Koumettis and Robert Edward Long. View institutional ownership trends for Coca-Cola.

KO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Boltwood Capital Management. Company insiders that have sold Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Jennifer K Mann, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan, and Nikolaos Koumettis. View insider buying and selling activity for Coca-Cola.

KO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Thomasville National Bank, and M&R Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.93.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $192.97 billion and generates $37.27 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $8.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.11 on an earnings per share basis. Coca-Cola employs 86,200 workers across the globe.

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

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