Coca Cola is a beverage company located in Georgia, United States, which is part of the Consumer Defensive sector, and is traded under the ticker KO on the NYSE exchange.
Coca Cola stock last closed at $68.87, down 0.91% from the previous day, and has increased 16.16% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry by 0.2 percentage points. Coca Cola stock is currently +18.88% from its 52-week low of $57.93, and -6.34% from its 52-week high of $73.53.
There are currently 4.31B KO shares outstanding. The market value of KO is $296.68B. In the last 24 hours, 20.75M KO shares were traded.
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Out of 11 Wall Street analysts who research KO, the consensus analyst rating on KO is a Strong Buy
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Kaumil Gajrawala, a bottom 6% analyst from Jefferies upgrades KO to a strong buy rating and raises their KO price target from $69.00 to $75.00, on Jan 30, 2025.
Jefferies's Kaumil Gajrawala upgraded their rating on Coca Cola (NYSE: KO) from Hold to Strong Buy on 2025/01/30. The analyst also raised their price target by 8.7% from $69 to $75.
Coca-Cola will report its Q4 and FY 2024 earnings on 2025/02/11.
In a preview note, Gajrawala backgrounded that the company's business is in "great shape" because volumes are compounding, pricing has been earned, and cash flow is about to inflect "meaningfully."
The analyst acknowledged that the U.S. dollar's recent strength iprobably revises FY 2025 numbers lower, "but only by $0.02 on EPS, which is priced in at current share levels."
Gajrawala added that Jefferies expects the print to be a "clearing event, bringing in a wave of investors looking for quality at a fair price."
Andrea Teixeira, a top 24% analyst from JP Morgan maintains KO with a strong buy rating and lowers their KO price target from $75.00 to $70.00, on Jan 28, 2025.
Mike Lavery, a bottom 49% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains KO with a strong buy rating and lowers their KO price target from $74.00 to $73.00, on Jan 23, 2025.
Vivien Azer, a bottom 10% analyst from TD Cowen upgrades KO to a strong buy rating and announces their KO price target of $75.00, on Jan 8, 2025.
Steve Powers, a top 16% analyst from Deutsche Bank upgrades KO to a strong buy rating and raises their KO price target from $68.00 to $70.00, on Dec 12, 2024.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Coca Cola stock forecast page.
Last year, KO earnings were $10.41B. Over the past five year, KO's earnings have grown by 5.98% per year. This was slower than the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry average of 10.82%.
Last year, KO revenue was $46.37B. During the past 5 year, KO's revenue has grown by 5.19% per year. This was slower than the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry average of 7.29%.
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In the past 12 months, insiders at KO have sold more shares than they have bought.
Erin L. May, SVP Chief Accounting Officer of KO, was the latest KO insider to sell. They sold $137,575.20 worth of KO shares on Feb 10, 2025.
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Coca Cola pays a dividend of 2.82%, compared to the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry's average dividend yield of 3.19%. If you owned $1,000 of KO stock, you would have been paid $28.17 in the past year.
Coca Cola dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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