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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 19th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 13th. View The Coca-Cola's Dividend History.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The company earned $8.90 billion during 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 company's revenue for the quarter was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.59 earnings per share. 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.

24 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for The Coca-Cola's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect The Coca-Cola's share price to reach $50.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for The Coca-Cola.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 22,283,661 shares, a decrease of 24.0% from the August 15th total of 29,320,452 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,928,486 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock 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), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (STZ), Constellation Brands, Inc. Class B (STZ.B), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI) and Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA).

Press coverage about KO stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. The Coca-Cola earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.78%), FMR LLC (1.15%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.92%) and Morgan Stanley (0.91%). 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, Northern Trust Corp, Millennium Management LLC, FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Yacktman Asset Management LP and Voya Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold The Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include 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 acquired 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, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $46.37.

The Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $195.93 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.