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, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, July 1st. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 13th. View The Coca-Cola's Dividend History.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $8 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.89 billion. The Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 45.12% and a net margin of 20.91%. The Coca-Cola's revenue for the quarter was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. View The Coca-Cola's Earnings History.

The Coca-Cola is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for The Coca-Cola.

The Coca-Cola issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.05-2.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.09. The Coca-Cola also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.06-2.10 EPS.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for The Coca-Cola's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate The Coca-Cola's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% 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 13 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for The Coca-Cola.

Media headlines about KO stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The Coca-Cola earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

The Coca-Cola saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 27,137,847 shares, an increase of 22.4% from the April 15th total of 22,165,215 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,522,418 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.6% 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), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ.B), Constellation Brands (STZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA), Long Blockchain (LBCC) and Truett-Hurst (THST).

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

The Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.11%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.91%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), FMR LLC (1.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%) and Morgan Stanley (0.85%). Company insiders that own The Coca-Cola stock include Beatriz R Perez, Bernhard Goepelt, Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, Francisco Crespo, J Alexander Douglas Jr, James L Dinkins, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, Larry M Mark, Mark Randazza, Nancy Quan 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 FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Morgan Stanley, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. Company insiders that have sold The Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Beatriz R Perez, Bernhard Goepelt, Brian John Smith, Ed Hays, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy N Waller, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan and Robert Edward Long. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Coca-Cola.

KO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, BlackRock Inc., AJO LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Ronna Sue Cohen and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $49.61.

The Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $211.63 billion and generates $31.86 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $6.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. The Coca-Cola employs 62,600 workers across the globe.

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.