Coca-Cola (KO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Coca-Cola in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KO shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Coca-Cola's shares. Their KO share price targets range from $60.00 to $74.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $67.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price.
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Coca-Cola's stock was trading at $58.93 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KO shares have decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $58.14.
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Coca-Cola saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 26,680,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the March 15th total of 23,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Coca-Cola will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 30th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.01. The firm earned $10.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.68 billion. Coca-Cola had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.50% and a net margin of 23.42%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.45 earnings per share.
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Coca-Cola announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.485 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46.
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.33%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 63 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 78.23%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, KO will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (IYK), Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC), ProShares Ultra Consumer Staples (UGE), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (FSTA), FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF (DOGG) and Invesco Dow Jones Industrial Average Dividend ETF (DJD).

Coca-Cola issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.800-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.810. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

797 employees have rated Coca-Cola Chief Executive Officer James Quincey on Glassdoor.com. James Quincey has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts James Quincey in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Coca-Cola's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Guinness Asset Management LTD (0.05%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.03%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.03%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.02%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.02%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Alfredo Rivera, Beatriz R Perez, Brian John Smith, Bruno Pietracci, Carolyn Everson, Henrique Braun, Herbert A Allen III, James Quincey, Jennifer K Mann, Jennifer K Mann, John Murphy, Kathy Loveless, Manuel Arroyo, Mark Randazza, Monica Howard Douglas, Nancy Quan, Nikolaos Koumettis and Stephen Furlong.
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Shares of KO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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