Coca-Cola Co (KO)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

On Tuesday, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) opened lower -2.95% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $72.32. Price fluctuations for KO have ranged from $57.93 to $73.53 over the past 52 weeks.

A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 5.10% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 2.62% at the time writing. With a float of $4.27 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $4.30 billion.

In an organization with 69700 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 61.06%, operating margin of 21.23%, and the pretax margin is 27.81%.

Coca-Cola Co (KO) Insider Updates

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Beverages – Non-Alcoholic industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Coca-Cola Co is 0.77%, while institutional ownership is 73.30%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 26 ’25, was worth 394,231. In this transaction Executive Vice President of this company sold 5,565 shares at a rate of $70.84, taking the stock ownership to the 37,725 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 26 ’25, when Company’s Europe OU President sold 54,708 for $70.96, making the entire transaction worth $3,882,074. This insider now owns 246,909 shares in total.

Coca-Cola Co (KO) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.84 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.62% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.09% during the next five years compared to 3.54% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Coca-Cola Co (KO). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.84. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.46. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 63.68.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.46, a number that is poised to hit 0.72 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.19 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Coca-Cola Co (KO)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 20.12 million. That was better than the volume of 17.48 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.62%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.36.

During the past 100 days, Coca-Cola Co’s (KO) raw stochastic average was set at 79.56%, which indicates a significant increase from 57.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.01% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 18.02% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $64.77, while its 200-day Moving Average is $65.95. However, in the short run, Coca-Cola Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $71.93. Second resistance stands at $73.68. The third major resistance level sits at $74.70. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $69.16, it is likely to go to the next support level at $68.14. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $66.39.

Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) Key Stats

There are currently 4,301,000K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 301.89 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 47,061 M according to its annual income of 10,631 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 11,544 M and its income totaled 2,195 M.