In today’s recent session, 3.05 million shares of the Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) have been traded, and its beta is 0.46. Most recently the company’s share price was $71.29, and it changed around $0.27 or 0.39% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $306.87B. KO at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $74.38, offering almost -4.33% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $60.62, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 14.97% since then.
Coca-Cola Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.46. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 26 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 8 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 4 recommended KO as a Hold, whereas 14 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Coca-Cola Co is expected to report earnings per share of 0.84 for the current quarter.
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) trade information
Instantly KO has been showing a green trend so far today with a performance of 0.39% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 72.68 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.91%. The company’s shares are currently up 14.51% year-to-date, but still down -0.66% over the last five days. On the other hand, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) is -0.44% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $70, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -1.84% from its current value. Analyst projections state that KO is forecast to be at a low of $60 and a high of $81.
Coca-Cola Co (KO) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 2.62%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 14 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 12.55B in revenue for the current quarter. 14 analysts expect Coca-Cola Co to make 12.46B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 12.31B and 11.95B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 1.95%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 4.29%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 3.54%. Coca-Cola Co earnings are expected to increase by 3.03% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 6.11% per year for the next five years.
KO Dividends
Coca-Cola Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in July. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.79 percent and its annual dividend per share was 1.99. It is important to note, however, that the 2.79% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
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