About Coca-Cola Company (The)
Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) is a Consumer Defensive company in the Beverages industry with a market capitalisation of $369.4B. The stock trades at 25.72x trailing earnings and yields 2.45%.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Beverages
- Market cap
- $369.4B
- P/E ratio
- 25.72
- EPS (TTM)
- $3.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $47.9B
- Free cash flow
- $5.3B
- Profit margin
- 27.3%
- Dividend yield
- 2.45%
- Shares outstanding
- 4.3B
Financial health: Strong8.5/10
7 strengths, 0 concerns. No red flags against these benchmarks.
- Debt to equity: 0.05 (Strong, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 0.05x equity is conservative against the 0.5x benchmark. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 0.0y (Strong, benchmark < 4 years) — Holds more cash than debt ($8.8B net cash).
- Current ratio: 1.46 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.46x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 40.7% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 40.7% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 61.6% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 61.6% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 27.3% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 27.3% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $5.3B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $5.3B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 1.9% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 1.9% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 23.3% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 23.3% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 67.0% (Watch, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 67.0% of earnings as dividends — above the level usually considered sustainable.