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Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) closed the day trading at $71.79 down -0.17% from the previous closing price of $71.91. In other words, the price has decreased by $-0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 15.95 million shares were traded. KO stock price reached its highest trading level at $72.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $71.31.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.20 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 65.17. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.84 and its Current Ratio is at 1.03. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.83 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.74.
On January 30, 2025, Jefferies Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also upped its target price recommendation from $69 to $75.
Piper Sandler reiterated its Overweight rating for the stock on January 23, 2025, while the target price for the stock was revised from $74 to $73.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 11 ’25 when Braun Henrique sold 25,277 shares for $71.47 per share. The transaction valued at 1,806,514 led to the insider holds 52,466 shares of the business.
HENRIQUE GNANI BRAUN bought 25,277 shares of KO for $1,806,514 on Mar 11 ’25. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, KOUMETTIS NIKOLAOS, who serves as the Europe OU President of the company, sold 55,500 shares for $71.01 each. As a result, the insider received 3,940,938 and left with 246,909 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KO now has a Market Capitalization of 311573610496 and an Enterprise Value of 342370811904. As of this moment, Coca-Cola’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.18, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.48. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.81. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.61 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 12.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.275 whereas that against EBITDA is 22.267.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KO is 0.47, which has changed by 0.16221464 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.097913146 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KO has reached a high of $74.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.62. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.45%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.47%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KO traded about 18.99M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KO traded about 16208940 shares per day. A total of 4.30B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 4.27B. Insiders hold about 0.77% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.45% stake in the company. Shares short for KO as of 1744675200 were 38174227 with a Short Ratio of 2.01, compared to 1741910400 on 38273283. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 38174227 and a Short% of Float of 0.89.
Dividends & Splits
KO’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.97, up from 1.94 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026978167The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.01. The current Payout Ratio is 78.83% for KO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-08-13 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
