KO

Consider This Before Taking a Position in KO

Shares of Consumer Staples sector company Coca-Cola moved -0.1% today, and are now trading at a price of $59.92. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 5,539,952 compared to its average volume of 14,515,513. The S&P 500 index returned a -1.0% performance.

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company is based in Atlanta and has 82,500 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $259,076,866,048. Coca-Cola currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.0% per year.

23 analysts are following Coca-Cola and have set target prices ranging from $59.0 to $74.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, KO is trading -8.36% away from its average analyst target price of $65.39 per share.

Over the last year, KO's share price has increased by 0.3%, which represents a difference of -21.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $64.99 per share whereas its 52 week low is $51.55. With average free cash flows of $8.07 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 17.5% over the last 6 years, Coca-Cola is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 11,879,000 1,709,000 10,170,000 6.67
2022 11,018,000 1,484,000 9,534,000 -15.31
2021 12,625,000 1,367,000 11,258,000 29.9
2020 9,844,000 1,177,000 8,667,000 2.97
2019 10,471,000 2,054,000 8,417,000 2063.75
2018 1,937,000 1,548,000 389,000
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