Currently, there are 4.31B common shares owned by the public and among those 4.27B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -1.25% and -12.22% over the past three months. KO shares are trading -1.91% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 1.78% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $57.93 and touched a high of $73.53 over the same period. KO has an average intraday trading volume of 16.15 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -1.97%, -3.26%, and -6.12% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) shares accounts for 73.40% of the company’s 4.31B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $263.08B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.62. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 25.36, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.41. The company has a PEG of 4.41 and a Quick Ratio of 0.90 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.74. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.39% over the week and 1.45% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 6.02%, and 4.12% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 5.75% over the next five years, compared to 10.53% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the KO, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. TD Cowen stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on January 08, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $75. Piper Sandler coverage for the Coca-Cola Co (KO) stock in a research note released on January 07, 2025 offered a Overweight rating with a price target of $74. Deutsche Bank was of a view on December 12, 2024 that the stock is Buy, while Exane BNP Paribas gave the stock Outperform rating on June 24, 2024, issuing a price target of $72. Citigroup on their part issued Buy rating on January 17, 2024.
