NYSE:KOCoca-Cola Stock Price, Forecast & News

Coca-Cola's stock was trading at $52.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KO stock has decreased by 13.5% and is now trading at $45.15. 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 quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $8.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.32 billion. Coca-Cola had a net margin of 26.95% and a return on equity of 45.26%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share. View Coca-Cola's earnings history.

Coca-Cola announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.63%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. View Coca-Cola's dividend history.

21 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets 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 $55.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coca-Cola.

News stories about KO stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Coca-Cola earned a news impact score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 24,070,000 shares, a decline 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.03%), Hexavest Inc. (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Chemung Canal Trust Co., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fulton Bank N. A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Moody National Bank Trust Division, Canandaigua National Corp, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Jacobs & Co. CA, Park National Corp OH, Campbell Capital Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, and Polianta Ltd. 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 $45.15.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $193.91 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.