The Coca-Cola Company KO
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
The Coca-Cola Company is a mega-cap company in the Consumer Defensive sector (Beverages - Non-Alcoholic), with a market value of $368.5B, based in the USA.
It employs about 65,900 people and has been listed since Sep 05, 1919.
The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides Trademark Coca-Cola, sparkling soft drinks and flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and emerging beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers comprising restaurants and convenience stores.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 25.7 versus 30.7 for 3 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 7% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 94.65, 10% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 77% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 33 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (19 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 2.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLP -1.9%).
This week's news
- Can Keurig Dr Pepper's Innovation Pipeline Reignite Coffee Growth? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Momentum has been named the Sponsorship Marketing Association’s Agency of the Year finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Why Coca-Cola (KO) is Poised to Beat Earnings Estimates Again finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Constellation Brands' Pre-Q2 Earnings: Is It Poised to Beat Estimates? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- 2 Consumer Stocks with Promising Prospects and 1 We Turn Down finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Coca Cola (KO) Keeps Raising Its Outlook After Consecutive Earnings Beats finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.