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The price of Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc (NASDAQ: COKE) closed at $120.81 in the last session, up 1.26% from day before closing price of $119.31. In other words, the price has increased by $1.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. COKE stock price reached its highest trading level at $121.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $119.48.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at COKE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.69 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 21.76. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.78 and its Current Ratio is at 2.04. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.94.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Citigroup on November 24, 2009, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $52.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, COKE now has a Market Capitalization of 10496686080 and an Enterprise Value of 10829124608. As of this moment, Coca-Cola’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 20.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.51 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.44. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.741.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for COKE is 0.71, which has changed by -0.105660975 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18469036 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, COKE has reached a high of $146.09, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $105.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.11%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.84%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, COKE traded on average about 581.79K shares per day over the past 3-months and 431990 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 76.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 58.07M. Insiders hold about 33.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 45.18% stake in the company. Shares short for COKE as of 1755216000 were 1400570 with a Short Ratio of 2.41, compared to 1752537600 on 1342159. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1400570 and a Short% of Float of 2.41.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for COKE is 1.00, which was 0.8 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0067052217The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.3. The current Payout Ratio is 6.36% for COKE, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-25 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-25. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2025-05-27 when the company split stock in a 10:1 ratio.
