NYSE:KOCoca-Cola Stock Price, Forecast & News

Coca-Cola's stock was trading at $52.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KO shares have decreased by 15.6% and is now trading at $44.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Coca-Cola Co (The) (NYSE:KO) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $8.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.32 billion. Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 45.26% and a net margin of 26.95%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 EPS. View Coca-Cola's earnings history.

Coca-Cola announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Coca-Cola's dividend history.

21 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Coca-Cola's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Coca-Cola's stock price to reach $55.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coca-Cola.

Media stories about KO stock have trended negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Coca-Cola earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 24,070,000 shares, a decrease of 9.2% from the June 15th total of 26,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,020,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Coca-Cola's Current Options Chain.

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

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

Coca-Cola's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). Company insiders that own 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 Coca-Cola.

KO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fulton Bank N. A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Clarius Group LLC, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Founders Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Jennifer K Mann, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan, and Nikolaos Koumettis. View insider buying and selling activity for Coca-Cola.

KO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Campbell Capital Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., Cullinan Associates Inc., Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., Thomasville National Bank, and West Branch Capital LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for 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 $44.08.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $189.32 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. Coca-Cola employs 86,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Coca-Cola is www.coca-colacompany.com.

Coca-Cola's mailing address is ONE COCA COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA, 30313. The company can be reached via phone at 404-676-2121.