The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally.
Scored against other Consumer Defensive stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Coca-Cola Company leans bullish right now: more is going right than wrong.
- What's working
- The stock has been climbing and sits near the top of its range for the year.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other everyday-goods companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 23 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Coca-Cola Company
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…
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
- Employees
- 65,900
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, GA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 28.2 — lower than 31% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/B 11.2 — lower than 19% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/S 8.1 — lower than 0% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/EBITDA 25.5 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/Revenue 8.7 — lower than 0% of Consumer Defensive peers
PEG 4.3 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
FCF yield 1.3% — higher than 11% of Consumer Defensive peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 61.9% — higher than 83% of Consumer Defensive peers
Operating margin 34.9% — higher than 89% of Consumer Defensive peers
Net margin 28.6% — higher than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROE 42.1% — higher than 75% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROA 9.4% — higher than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
Free cash flow is 36% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.2 — lower than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
Current ratio 1.30 — higher than 100% of Consumer Defensive peers
Quick ratio 0.80 — higher than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
Cash/debt 0.37 — higher than 89% of Consumer Defensive peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.60 — lower than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
Growth
Revenue growth 6.7% YoY — higher than 83% of Consumer Defensive peers
Earnings growth 16.9% YoY — higher than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 62.5% — typical for Consumer Defensive peers
Net insider selling, -0.1% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.0% of shares held
Insiders hold 9.9% of shares outstanding
1.2% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
99% of the way from its 52-week low to high