Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What KO does

Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) is a beverage company that manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides trademark Coca-Cola sparkling soft drinks and flavors, water, sports, coffee, and tea, juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages, and emerging beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers comprising restaurants and convenience stores. KO sells its products under brands such as Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Simply, BODYARMOR, Costa, Dasani, and many others.

Key numbers explained

• KO trades at 88.09 USD, with a marketCap of 379.01B USD, placing it among the largest companies in the S&P 500.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 26.5 means investors pay 26.5 times the company's last twelve months' earnings per share of 3.33 USD.
• The forward P/E ratio of 25 uses expected future earnings, suggesting a slightly lower valuation if those estimates hold.
• The dividend yield of 2.39% indicates the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current share price.
• 62% of earnings are paid out as dividends, meaning the company returns a little over half of its profit to shareholders.
• Beta of 0.34 suggests KO is less volatile than the overall market, a typical trait of consumer defensive stocks.
• Revenue, trailing 12 months, stands at 50.13B USD, growing 6.7% year over year.
• Return on equity of 42.1% shows how efficiently the company generates profit from shareholders' equity.

Recent news

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What to watch

For a stock like KO, investors typically monitor consumer spending trends, currency fluctuations from international sales, commodity costs for sweeteners and packaging, and competitive pressures in the nonalcoholic beverage industry. The company's dividend policy and payout ratio are also relevant, as is any update on its next earnings report scheduled for Oct 20, 2026. KO's performance can be compared with peers such as Procter & Gamble (PG), Kroger (KR), Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL), Dollar General (DG), Walmart (WMT), Tyson Foods (TSN), and Costco (COST), all of which operate in consumer-facing sectors.