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

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

The Coca-Cola declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, October 1st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 13th. View The Coca-Cola's Dividend History.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $8.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.54 billion. The Coca-Cola had a net margin of 7.18% and a return on equity of 40.68%. The Coca-Cola's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.59 EPS. View The Coca-Cola's Earnings History.

The Coca-Cola is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for The Coca-Cola.

21 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for The Coca-Cola's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate The Coca-Cola's share price to reach $49.6316 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% 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 11 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 29,176,732 shares, a decline of 22.1% from the June 15th total of 37,451,949 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,804,251 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's shares 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), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class B (STZ.B), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (STZ), Brown-Forman Co. Class B (BF.B), Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA) and Long Blockchain (LBCC).

Media headlines about KO stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. The Coca-Cola earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 46.11 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.78%), FMR LLC (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.92%), Morgan Stanley (0.91%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.42%) and Federated Investors Inc. PA (0.40%). 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, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Millennium Management LLC, FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Voya Investment Management LLC and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold The Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, J Alexander Douglas Jr, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller 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 C WorldWide Group Holding A S, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Natixis, Unigestion Holding SA, Putnam Investments LLC, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. 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 $46.22.

The Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $196.57 billion and generates $35.41 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.91 on an earnings per share basis. The Coca-Cola employs 61,800 workers across the globe.

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.