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

The 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 (WHO). Since then, KO shares have decreased by 18.0% and is now trading at $42.81. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44. The company had revenue of $9.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.88 billion. The Coca-Cola had a net margin of 24.38% and a return on equity of 44.39%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 28.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. View The Coca-Cola's earnings history.

The Coca-Cola declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is a boost from The Coca-Cola's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View The Coca-Cola's dividend history.

The Coca-Cola issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.26.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for The Coca-Cola's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate The Coca-Cola's stock price to reach $57.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for The Coca-Cola.

News articles about KO stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The Coca-Cola earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutThe Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 34,550,000 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the February 13th total of 38,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,510,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), PERNOD RICARD S/ADR (PDRDY), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ.B), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA), Eastside Distilling (EAST) and Long Blockchain (LBCC).

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

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

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (4.46%), State Street Corp (4.24%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.37%), Capital International Investors (1.30%), FMR LLC (1.30%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.24%). Company insiders that own The 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 The Coca-Cola.

KO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American International Group Inc., FMR LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Capital Research Global Investors, and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold The Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Beatriz R Perez, Bernhard Goepelt, Brian John Smith, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan, Nikolaos Koumettis, and Robert Edward Long. View insider buying and selling activity for The Coca-Cola.

KO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Norges Bank, Geode Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Stifel Financial Corp, Schroder Investment Management Group, Prudential Financial Inc., and Bank of Montreal Can. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.81.

The Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $183.67 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. The Coca-Cola employs 86,200 workers across the globe. View additional information about The Coca-Cola.

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.