The Coca-Cola Company (KO) Stock

The Coca-Cola Company (KO) is a Consumer Staples stock trading at $82.46 (as of 2026-07-15), with a market capitalization of $354.78B and a trailing P/E of 25.9. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, markets, and sells nonalcoholic beverages worldwide, including sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks, coffee and tea, juice and value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages. It also provides beverage concentrates and syrups and sells fountain syrups to retail customers such as restaurants and convenience stores.

Understand The Coca-Cola Company: how it makes money

The Coca-Cola Company makes and sells nonalcoholic beverages worldwide, and it also earns revenue from beverage concentrates and syrups, including fountain syrups sold to fountain retailers like restaurants and convenience stores.

Profit is driven by selling branded finished beverages plus selling beverage concentrates and fountain syrups that flow into restaurants and convenience-store fountain operations.

Business quality (Strong): Strong structural fit in branded beverages across multiple drink categories, with a built-in second revenue stream via concentrates and fountain syrups, though results are exposed to demand shifts across these categories and to fountain retail channels.

Valuation: At 26× earnings, KO trades in line with the Beer & Liquor average (25×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Wide, branded nonalcoholic portfolio: It sells sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks, coffee and tea, juice and value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages, under brand names such as Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, and others.
Two linked ways to sell into the supply chain: It sells both finished beverages and beverage concentrates and syrups, including fountain syrups to fountain retailers such as restaurants and convenience stores.

Bear case

Category mix dependence: Because the business spans many beverage types (sparkling soft drinks, water, coffee and tea, juice, dairy, and plant-based), performance can be sensitive to changes in which of these categories are in demand.
Fountain channel exposure: Sales of fountain syrups link results to fountain retailer networks like restaurants and convenience stores, so any changes in those channels could affect outcomes.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$82.46
Market Cap	$354.78B
P/E Ratio	25.9
EV / EBITDA	22.2
Price / Book	9.93
Price / Sales	7.20
FCF Yield	3.5%
DCF Value (model)	$64.83
DCF Upside vs Price	-21.4%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$47.94B
Net Margin	27.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	12.1%
EPS Growth (YoY)	18.2%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-131.8%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	5.09 (safe)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	25.9
Sector P/E (Consumer Staples)	25.7
Industry P/E (Beer & Liquor)	23.3
vs Sector	1.0%
vs Industry	11.3%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Insider Buys (12mo)	3
Insider Sells (12mo)	4
Top Institutional Holder	Berkshire Hathaway Inc ($30.42B)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Staples
Industry	Beer & Liquor
CEO	James Robert Quincey
Employees	69,700
Country	US
IPO Date	1919-09-05

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Data as of 2026-07-15.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.