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 given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, October 1st. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 13th. View The Coca-Cola's Dividend History.

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

21 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for The Coca-Cola's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate The Coca-Cola's share price to reach $49.6316 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% 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 in 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 volume of 12,804,251 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's shares 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), 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 coverage about KO stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news 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 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 47.87 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $46.08.

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.