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. Since then, KO shares have decreased by 7.7% and is now trading at $48.18.
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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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 21st. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.02. The company earned $7.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.26 billion. Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 41.44% and a net margin of 26.77%. Coca-Cola's quarterly revenue was down 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.63 EPS.
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Coca-Cola declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 16th. Stockholders 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 3.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 14th.
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20 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Coca-Cola's stock. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about KO stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 coverage optimism score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Coca-Cola saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 26,970,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the July 15th total of 24,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Coca-Cola include LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMUY), PepsiCo (PEP), Diageo (DEO), PERNOD RICARD S/ADR (PDRDY), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), AMBEV S A/S (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Constellation Brands (STZ.B), Brown-Forman (BF.B), COCA COLA AMATI/ADR (CCLAY), Crimson Wine Group (CWGL), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (EAST), Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) (JSDA) and Long Blockchain (LBCC).
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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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and General Electric (GE).

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 FMR LLC (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.80%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.58%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Swiss National Bank (0.42%) and APG Asset Management N.V. (0.27%). 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, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Troy Asset Management Ltd, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Coca-Cola company stock in the last year include Brian John Smith, David B Weinberg, Francisco Crespo, James L Dinkins, James Quincey, Larry M Mark, Nancy Quan, and Nikolaos Koumettis.
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KO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, California Public Employees Retirement System, Principal Financial Group Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Capital City Trust Co. FL, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, First Trust Advisors LP, and ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd.
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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 $48.18.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $206.95 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.