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The Coca-Cola Company

Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · United States

$92.00
+0.99% today
Mkt Cap
$395.84B
P/E
27.63×
Fwd P/E
26.09×
Div Yield
2.30%
Beta
0.342×
52W Range
98.2%
Company profileSource: provider

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, 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. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Simply, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Crystal, Dasani, Fuze Tea, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, Core Power, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Maaza, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, Santa Clara, and dogadan brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

www.coca-colacompany.com
By the numbersComputed from live metrics

Shares trade at a premium 26.5× trailing earnings, easing to 24.2× on forward estimates. Profitability shows a net margin of 27.8% and return on equity of 43.4%. Leverage is modest at 1.8× net debt/EBITDA. Revenue grew 12.1% year-on-year. It yields 2.5% in dividends. The mean analyst target of USD85.97 sits 2.2% above the current price (Buy, 24 analysts).

AI analysisAI-generated · 04 Jul 2026 · claude-opus (research)

business model

The Coca-Cola Company is a global nonalcoholic beverage company that owns and markets a broad portfolio of brands and operates primarily through a concentrate/syrup model. It sells concentrates and syrups to a network of independent bottling partners and also generates finished-product and licensing revenue, focusing its own capital on brand-building, marketing, and product innovation.

revenue segments

Coca-Cola generates revenue from concentrate operations and finished products across geographic operating segments (North America; Latin America; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Asia Pacific) plus Global Ventures and Bottling Investments. Its portfolio spans sparkling soft drinks, water/sports/coffee/tea, and juice/dairy/plant-based categories.

key dependencies

The company depends on the strength of its bottling network, brand marketing, consumer preferences (including the shift toward healthier and low-sugar options), pricing and mix, input/commodity costs, and significant foreign-currency exposure given its international footprint. Emerging-market volume growth is important.

competitors

Its main competitor is PepsiCo, along with Keurig Dr Pepper, Nestle, Monster Beverage, and numerous regional and private-label beverage producers across categories.

moat

Coca-Cola's moat includes one of the world's most valuable brand portfolios, an unmatched global distribution and bottling system, enormous scale in marketing and procurement, and pricing power derived from brand loyalty and shelf presence.

risks

Risks include shifting consumer preferences away from sugary drinks, health-related regulation and sugar/soda taxes, foreign-currency volatility, input-cost inflation, competitive and private-label pressure, and dependence on the financial health of bottling partners.

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Financials & metrics

as of 26 Aug 2026
52-week rangeNear 52-week high · 98%
Low $65.35Now $92.00High $92.49

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Profit & loss · annual (USD)latest net margin 27.3%
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Full financial statements

Income statement

Line item20252024202320222021
Total revenue$47.94B$47.06B$45.75B$43.00B
Cost of revenue$18.40B$18.32B$18.52B$18.00B
Gross profit$29.54B$28.74B$27.23B$25.00B
Operating expense$14.63B$14.71B$14.14B$12.96B
Operating income$14.91B$14.02B$13.10B$12.04B
Interest expense$1.65B$1.66B$1.53B$882.00M
Pretax income$16.00B$13.09B$12.95B$11.69B
Tax provision$2.86B$2.44B$2.25B$2.12B
Net income$13.11B$10.63B$10.71B$9.54B
EBITDA$18.70B$15.82B$15.61B$13.83B
Diluted EPS$3.04$2.46$2.47$2.19

Balance sheet

Line item20252024202320222021
Total assets$104.82B$100.55B$97.70B$92.76B
Current assets$31.04B$26.00B$26.73B$22.59B
Cash & equivalents$10.27B$10.83B$9.37B$9.52B
Inventory$4.42B$4.73B$4.42B$4.23B
Total liabilities$70.54B$74.18B$70.22B$66.94B
Current liabilities$21.28B$25.25B$23.57B$19.72B
Total debt$45.49B$44.52B$42.06B$39.15B
Long-term debt$42.12B$42.38B$35.55B$36.38B
Shareholders' equity$32.17B$24.86B$25.94B$24.11B
Retained earnings$80.38B$76.05B$73.78B$71.02B
Working capital$9.76B$748.00M$3.16B$2.87B

Cash flow

Line item20252024202320222021
Operating cash flow$7.41B$6.80B$11.60B$11.02B
Investing cash flow-$67.00M$2.52B-$3.35B-$763.00M
Financing cash flow-$8.14B-$6.91B-$8.31B-$10.25B
Capital expenditure-$2.11B-$2.06B-$1.85B-$1.48B
Free cash flow$5.30B$4.74B$9.75B$9.53B
Dividends paid-$8.78B-$8.36B-$7.95B-$7.62B
Share buybacks-$746.00M-$1.79B-$2.29B-$1.42B
End cash position$11.01B$11.49B$9.69B$9.82B

Reported figures from public filings via Yahoo Finance. Line coverage varies by company. Not investment advice.

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.30%
Annual Rate
$2.12
Payout Ratio
62.5%
Frequency
Quarterly
Upcoming ex-date
15 Sept 2026
Pay date
01 Oct 2026
Most recent
$0.53
Dividend history · per payment (USD)
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Analyst assessment

as of 26 Aug 2026
Buy23 analysts
Implied to mean target
+2.9%
Low $75.00High $104.00
Now
$92.00
Low
$75.00
Mean
$94.70
High
$104.00
Rating distribution
Strong Buy 7
Buy 12
Hold 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1

Aggregate consensus only. Named per-analyst targets require a premium source and are not shown; the data model is ready to hold them if one is added.

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Technicals

as of 26 Aug 2026
CloseSMA 50SMA 200Golden cross
SMA 50
$84.93
SMA 200
$77.85
RSI (14)
68.0
MACD
1.80
RSI (14) · overbought > 70 · oversold < 30
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