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Coca-Cola Company logged a 0.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $64.05 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.6% and the Nasdaq posted a -1.5% change. KO's trading volume is 3,869,027 compared to the stock's average volume of 13,947,900.

Over the last 52 weeks, the stock moved 8.4%, with a high of $67.2 and a low of $54.02. During this time, the stock underperformed the S&P 500 index by 28.1%. The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The large-cap Consumer Defensive company has 79,000 full time employees and is based in Atlanta, GA. Coca-Cola Company has returned a 2.7% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Snapshot of the Company's Consistent operating margins and A pattern of improving cash flows:

2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Revenue (MM) $31,856 $37,266 $33,014 $38,655
Revenue Growth n/a 17.0% -11.4% 17.1%
Gross Margins 63.05% 60.77% 59.31% 60.27%
Gross Margins Growth n/a -3.62% -2.4% 1.62%
Operating Margins 29.32% 27.56% 29.46% 28.56%
Operating Margins Growth n/a -6.0% 6.89% -3.05%
Earnings Per Share $1.5 $2.07 $1.79 $2.25
EPS Growth n/a 38.0% -13.53% 25.7%
Free Cash Flow (MM) $6,280 $8,417 $8,667 $11,258
FCF Growth n/a 34.03% 2.97% 29.9%
Capital Expenditures (MM) $-1,347 $-2,054 $-1,177 $-1,367
Net Debt / EBITDA 3.15 2.73 2.68 2.04

Basic Valuation Metrics Show Coca-Cola Company Is Overvalued:

Compared to the Consumer Defensive sector's average of 24.21, Coca-Cola Company has a trailing twelve month price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.1 and, based on its Eps guidance of 2.53, an expected P/E ratio of 25.3. The firm's price to earnings growth (PEG) is 4.88, which indicates that it is overvalued in terms of its expected rate of earnings growth. . Coca-Cola Company's price to book (P/B) ratio is 12.1 compared to its sector average of 4.09.

As of the date of publication, the company is trading 289.4% above its fair value as expressed by Benjamin Graham's formula. We calculate the Graham number as follows:

√(22.5 * TTM earnings per share * book value per share) = √(22.5 * 2.28 * 5.274) = $16.45

There is Mixed market sentiment About Coca-Cola Company:

24 analysts are following Coca-Cola Company and have set target prices ranging from $61 to $77 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, KO is trading -5.18% away from its average analyst target price of $67.55 per share, implying an analyst consensus of some upside potential for the stock. The company has a very low short interest since 0.7% of the company's shares are tied to short positions. Institutions own 71.4% of Coca-Cola Company's shares, while the insider ownership rate stands at 0.67%. The biggest shareholder is Berkshire Hathaway, Inc with a 9.25% stake in the company worth approximately $25,619,958,496.00.

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