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The Coca-Cola Company

$KO·$379B·Beverages - Non-Alcoholic·Consumer Defensive
$93.90+2.1%YTD+29.0%1Y+38.9%
Price updated 7h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
KOKO
$KOThe Coca-Cola Company
$93.90+2.07%613 posts1×
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $KO on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

613X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $KO's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Mixed sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-10-02

Sentiment is split — bulls see Coca-Cola as the stability + dividend-aristocrat compounder (64 straight years of raises, 2.4% yield, poaching Monster's Rob Gehring to run North America), and holders flag the $89 calls as the upside setup. The pointed bear note is a technician saying the weekly chart showed bearish momentum last week, which they read as the market moving risk-off. Buffett's "should have sold in 1998 at 60x" quote is being passed around.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $KO — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

The dividend-aristocrat anchor compounding quietly into Oct 27 earnings — a defensive setup that gets validated or capped by the print.

Coca-Cola is the global beverage network — concentrate, bottling partners, and a 64-year dividend-raise streak that defines what 'compounder' means in the consumer space. The 2026 story has been less about reinvention and more about the quiet payoff of operational focus and pricing power.

  • The P&L has been building: last quarter revenue grew 12% YoY to $12.5B at a 35% operating margin, with EPS beats of 5-6% on each of the last two prints — these aren't flashy surprises, but they're the right-direction misses on a defensive stock the market owns for consistency.
  • The management signal matters: poaching Monster's Rob Gehring to run North America is a specific tell that KO is trying to reaccelerate the energy/sparkling categories where it has share to defend — this is capital allocation into growth, not into financial engineering.

At 74% of its 52-week range with volume at 1.2x average into Oct 27 earnings, the setup is well-positioned for a continuation beat. A clean organic growth number plus reaffirmed FCF guide and dividend-coverage commentary is the trigger; a weak Latin America print or any slowdown in North American sparkling is the first real risk.

Agrees with X sentimentThe dividend-aristocrat bull read is well-grounded and the Gehring hire is a specific operational signal. The 'should have sold in 1998 at 60x' quote is a valuation hedge that doesn't apply at today's roughly ~24x — a straw-man bear argument more than a thesis.

What to watch: Oct 27 Q3 earnings — organic revenue growth, operating margin direction, and any color on the Gehring-era North America strategy. A clean organic print plus reaffirmed guide is the trigger; weak Latin America is the invalidation.

On the calendar: 2026-10-27 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Manufactures and licenses non-alcoholic beverages across 200+ countries through franchise bottlers with strong pricing power.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Beverages - Non-Alcoholic sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KO.

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

No material change from last week — energy and functional beverages continue taking category share from carbonated soft drinks.

What this means for $KO

Partial — Manufactures and licenses non-alcoholic beverages across 200+ countries through franchise bottlers with strong pricing power.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
25.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
13.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
29.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
43.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
61.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 28, 2026$0.97$0.93+4.1%
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$0.86$0.81+5.9%
Q4 2025Feb 10, 2026$0.58$0.56+2.7%
Q3 2025Oct 21, 2025$0.82$0.78+5.3%
Next earningsTue, Oct 27·consensus EPS $0.88

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$12.5B+12.1%63.0%35.0%$0.91$1.8B
Q4 FY25$11.8B+2.4%60.0%15.6%$0.53$2.9B
Q3 FY25$12.5B+5.1%61.5%32.0%$0.86$4.6B
Q2 FY25$12.5B+1.4%62.4%34.1%$0.89$3.4B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$49.8B$49.3B – $51.1B$3.31$3.27 – $3.3314
FY27$49.9B$48.5B – $53.7B$3.53$3.43 – $3.6014
FY28$52.3B$51.2B – $53.5B$3.80$3.48 – $4.0112
FY29$53.9B$53.1B – $55.6B$4.26$4.17 – $4.4310
FY30$56.9B$56.0B – $58.7B$4.33$4.24 – $4.506

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.99%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+6.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+16.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 3.9B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 20Bruno PietracciPresident29.2K sh$2.7MSellAug 19Nancy QuanPresident50.0K sh$4.5MSellAug 10Sanket RayPresident10.0K sh$861KSellAug 6Luisa OrtegaPresident55.8K sh$4.8MSellJul 31John MurphyCFO152.5K sh$13.3MSellJul 29James QuinceyChair145.9K sh$13.1MSellJul 28James QuinceyChair381.1K sh$34.3MSellJul 28Bruno PietracciPresident75.7K sh$6.8MSellJun 10Jennifer K MannPresident24.0K sh$2.0MSellJun 9Jennifer K MannPresident81.2K sh$6.6M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 258-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Coca-Cola Co. filed an 8-K under Items 5.02 and 9.01 for an event dated June 18, 2026, indicating a director or officer departure, appointment, or compensation change. The body excerpt is truncated before the substantive Item 5.02 disclosure. Body unavailable — excerpt truncated before the officer/director change disclosure; details require reading the full filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 83
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for KO on 2026-05-08, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Beneficial ownership covers 2028 shares. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KShareholder voteMay 18-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

KO held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-01 (8-K Item 5.07). Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Warren Buffett Paid About $1.3 Billion for Berkshire's Coca-Cola Shares. They're Now Worth About $37 Billion.fool.com·9h agoCoca-Cola (KO) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Notezacks.com·9h agoCoca-Cola, Visa and Mastercard Hit Records as Investors Rotate Out of Chip Stocksbarrons.com·14h agoKFC Switches From Pepsi to Coca-Cola as Coke Gains U.S. Market Sharegurufocus.com·15h agoCoca-Cola Tops Buy Point After Landing A Whale. Four Other Top Stocks In Buy Zones.investors.com·15h ago

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