An Analysis Of Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO), And Its Business Forecast

In today’s recent session, 2.75 million shares of the Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) have been traded, and its beta is 0.61. Most recently the company’s share price was $63.44, and it changed around $0.53 or 0.85% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $273.31B. KO at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $73.53, offering almost -15.9% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $57.47, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 9.41% since then. We note from Coca-Cola Co’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 18.18 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 15.31 million.

Coca-Cola Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.81. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 24 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended KO as a Hold, whereas 11 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight. Coca-Cola Co is expected to report earnings per share of 0.52 for the current quarter.

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Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) trade information

Instantly KO has been showing a green trend so far today with a performance of 0.85% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 63.49 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.08%. The company’s shares are currently up 7.66% year-to-date, but still up 1.98% over the last five days. On the other hand, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) is 0.13% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 28.44 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.74 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $73.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 13.69% from its current value. Analyst projections state that KO is forecast to be at a low of $70 and a high of $78.

Coca-Cola Co (KO) estimates and forecasts

Coca-Cola Co share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 0.90 percent over the past six months and at a 5.95% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of 19.30%. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 1.10%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 12 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 10.72B in revenue for the current quarter. 9 analysts expect Coca-Cola Co to make 11.46B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 10.95B and 11.23B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -2.05%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 2.03%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 10.53%. Coca-Cola Co earnings are expected to increase by 6.04% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 5.48% per year for the next five years.

KO Dividends

Coca-Cola Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in January. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.06 percent and its annual dividend per share was 1.94. It is important to note, however, that the 3.06% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 3.02 per year.

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

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 9.95% of Coca-Cola Co shares, and 64.70% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 71.86%. Coca-Cola Co stock is held by 3982.0 institutions, with BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.2807% of the shares, which is about 400.0 million shares worth $25.46 billion.

VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 8.6009% or 370.7 million shares worth $23.6 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.