Coca-Cola Stock Forecast, Price & News

Coca-Cola's stock was trading at $52.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KO shares have decreased by 3.4% and is now trading at $50.45.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Coca-Cola is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 16th 2020.
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Coca-Cola Co (The) (NYSE:KO) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 21st. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.02. The company earned $7.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.26 billion. Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 41.44% and a net margin of 26.77%. The business's revenue was down 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.63 earnings per share.
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Coca-Cola announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 14th.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Coca-Cola's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Coca-Cola's share price to reach $54.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price.
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Coca-Cola saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 21,570,000 shares, a decline of 24.4% from the July 30th total of 28,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.51%), BlackRock Inc. (6.94%), FMR LLC (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.80%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.80%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.60%). Company insiders that own Coca-Cola stock include Beatriz R Perez, Bernhard Goepelt, Brian John Smith, David B Weinberg, 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.
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KO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Troy Asset Management Ltd, and Epoch Investment Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Brian John Smith, David B Weinberg, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan, and Robert Edward Long.
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KO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, California Public Employees Retirement System, Principal Financial Group Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Marshall Wace North America L.P., and Capital City Trust Co. FL.
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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 $50.45.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $216.70 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.