Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Coca-Cola Q1 Earnings

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Coca-Cola in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Lohia now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.72 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.75. The consensus estimate for Coca-Cola’s current full-year earnings is $2.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Coca-Cola’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.60 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.85 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.65 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.18 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.46 EPS.

KO has been the subject of several other reports. TD Cowen raised Coca-Cola from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $75.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Coca-Cola from $74.00 to $73.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $69.00 price target on shares of Coca-Cola in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Coca-Cola from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $69.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Coca-Cola from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Coca-Cola currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $73.82.

Coca-Cola Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of KO stock opened at $70.93 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a market cap of $305.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.72, a PEG ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $64.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $66.50. Coca-Cola has a 1-year low of $57.93 and a 1-year high of $73.53.

Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.04. Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 45.37% and a net margin of 22.59%.

Coca-Cola Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This is a boost from Coca-Cola’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.88%. Coca-Cola’s payout ratio is currently 82.59%.

Insider Transactions at Coca-Cola

In other Coca-Cola news, insider Nikolaos Koumettis sold 54,708 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.96, for a total transaction of $3,882,079.68. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 246,909 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,520,662.64. The trade was a 18.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO James Quincey sold 145,435 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.01, for a total value of $10,327,339.35. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 342,546 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,324,191.46. This trade represents a 29.80 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 232,646 shares of company stock valued at $16,515,469 over the last three months. 0.97% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of KO. Howard Capital Management Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Coca-Cola by 0.5% during the third quarter. Howard Capital Management Group LLC now owns 399,607 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,716,000 after purchasing an additional 2,069 shares in the last quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Coca-Cola by 12.5% during the third quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,201 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,000 after purchasing an additional 577 shares in the last quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Coca-Cola by 2.2% in the third quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 39,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,826,000 after acquiring an additional 839 shares in the last quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Coca-Cola by 5.6% in the third quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management now owns 5,698 shares of the company’s stock worth $409,000 after acquiring an additional 303 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Childress Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Coca-Cola by 4.8% in the third quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 14,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,045,000 after acquiring an additional 661 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.26% of the company’s stock.

About Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores.