Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) has a beta value of 0.45 and has seen 2.56 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $296.69B, closed the recent trade at $68.93 per share which meant it lost -$0.03 on the day or -0.04% during that session. The KO stock price is -7.91% off its 52-week high price of $74.38 and 12.06% above the 52-week low of $60.62.
The consensus among analysts is that Coca-Cola Co (KO) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.56. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 13 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.84.
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) trade information
Sporting -0.04% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the KO stock price touched $68.93 or saw a rise of 4.88%. Year-to-date, Coca-Cola Co shares have moved 10.71%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.79%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) have changed -4.86%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $70, which means that the shares’ value could jump 1.53% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $60.0 while the price target rests at a high of $81.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -17.51% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 12.96% from the levels at last check today..
Coca-Cola Co (KO) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 7.84% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 2.63%.
14 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 12.54B for the current quarter. 14 have an estimated revenue figure of 12.45B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 12.31B and 11.95B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 1.86% for the current quarter and 2.63% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 3.54% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 3.01% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 6.08%.
KO Dividends
Coca-Cola Co is expected to release its next earnings report in June this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.96 at a share yield of 2.85%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO)’s Major holders
The top two institutional holders are BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC with over 400.0 million shares worth more than $25.46 billion. As of 2024-06-30, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC held 9.2829% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 370.7 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $23.6 billion and represent 8.6029% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.51% shares in the company for having 107.94 shares of worth $7.44 billion while later fund manager owns 104.95 shares of worth $7.23 billion as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.44% of company’s outstanding stock.
