Coca-Cola (KO) Stock Analysis – A Brief Overview

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, October 20 15:29 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Coca-Cola, a Beverages company whose shares moved 0.0% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Coca-Cola has moved -1.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.8%
KO has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.66% away from its mean target price of $77.49 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.82
Coca-Cola has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.97 and its forward P/E ratio is 23.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 10.31 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Coca-Cola is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.91 and an average P/B of 3.03
KO has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 57.3% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.71 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides sparkling soft drinks and flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers comprising restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Crystal, Dasani, dogadan, Fuze Tea, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, Core Power, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Maaza, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, and Simply brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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