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 (WHO). Since then, KO shares have decreased by 14.0% and is now trading at $44.88. 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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.07. The business earned $8.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.32 billion. Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 45.26% and a net margin of 26.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 paid 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 3.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Coca-Cola's dividend history.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Coca-Cola's shares. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Coca-Cola.

News articles about KO stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Coca-Cola earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,510,000 shares, a decrease of 9.3% from the May 31st total of 29,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 22,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), Boltwood Capital Management (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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 First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Boltwood Capital Management. 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 Park National Corp OH, Thomasville National Bank, M&R Capital Management Inc., and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group 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 $44.88.

Coca-Cola has a market capitalization of $192.75 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.