Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) Adds 1.25% In A Week: What’s Lifting The Stock?

In last trading session, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) saw 15.05 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 0.61. Company’s recent per share price level of $70.44 trading at $0.54 or 0.77% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $303.59B. That closing price of KO’s stock is at a discount of -4.39% from its 52-week high price of $73.53 and is indicating a premium of 23.54% from its 52-week low price of $53.86. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 10.78 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 13.72 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Coca-Cola Co (KO), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.81. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 16 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 3 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 13 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 0.74 in the current quarter.

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Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 0.77%, in the last five days KO remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Tuesday, 10/15/24 when the stock touched $70.44 price level, adding 1.08% to its value on the day. Coca-Cola Co’s shares saw a change of 19.53% in year-to-date performance and have moved 1.25% in past 5-day. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) showed a performance of -0.25% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 33.95 million shares which calculate 2.19 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 70 to the stock, which implies a fall of -0.63% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 60 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 162. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 14.82% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 14.82% for stock’s current value.

Coca-Cola Co (KO) estimates and forecasts

Statistics highlight that Coca-Cola Co is scoring comparatively lower than the scores of other players of the relevant industry. The company added 17.07% of value to its shares in past 6 months, showing an annual growth rate of 5.95% while that of industry is 16.30. Apart from that, the company came raising its revenue forecast for fiscal year 2024. This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 8.30% from the last financial year’s standing.

11 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 11.6B for the same. And 10 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 10.78B in the next quarter. Company posted 11.44B and 10.16B of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 10.53% during past 5 years. In 2024, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 5.99% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 5.50%.

KO Dividends

Coca-Cola Co is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2024-Oct-23 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt. With an annual yield of 2.72%, the share has a forward dividend of 1.92 which implies that company’s dividend yield remained growing in trailing twelve months while having a 5 year average dividend yield of 3.02%.

Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 9.95% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 63.88 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 70.93%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 63.88% institutions for Coca-Cola Co that are currently holding shares of the company. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC is the top institutional holder at KO for having 400.0 million shares of worth $25.46 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 9.2807 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 370.7 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 8.6009 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $23.6 billion.

On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 122.4 shares of worth $8.62 billion or 2.84% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 99.51 shares on Jun 30, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $7.01 billion in the company or a holder of 2.31% of company’s stock.