Why did Coca-Cola (KO) stock move recently?

On 7/17/2026, Coca-Cola moved -4.0% — Coca-Cola shares fell nearly 4% after reports emerged of a ransomware attack on its fairlife dairy subsidiary that halted U.S. production, creating uncertainty around near-term supply, costs, and results ahead of upcoming earnings. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Coca-Cola (KO) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Coca-Cola's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 26.1, a forward P/E of about 25.5, a price-to-book of about 11.5 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Coca-Cola's revenue?

Coca-Cola reported revenue of $47.9B for FY2025, with net profit of $13.1B, per official filings.

What is the share price of Coca-Cola (KO)?

Coca-Cola last traded at $89.13 (+1.0% on the day), as of 7/29/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Coca-Cola

KO · NYSE · Consumer · United States

Snapshot

TickerKO

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer

IndustryBeverages - Non-Alcoholic

CountryUnited States

Employees65,900

HeadquartersAtlanta, United States

Websitewww.coca-colacompany.com

Filings tracked15

About Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides Trademark Coca-Cola, sparkling soft drinks and flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and emerging beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers comprising restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Simply, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Crystal, Dasani, Fuze Tea, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, Core Power, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Maaza, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, Santa Clara, and dogadan brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Who owns it

Insiders9.9%
Institutions68.4%
Public & other21.7%

4,537 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc9.30%
Blackrock Inc.7.75%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC5.52%
State Street Corporation3.89%
FMR, LLC2.50%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.32%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.16%
Morgan Stanley2.14%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 3/31/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years only 0.75× of reported profit became operating cash — the classic sign that headline earnings may be running ahead of the cash actually generated. Often explained by working capital funding growth; worth a closer look.

Cash conversion0.75×

Net margin trend23.4% → 27.3%

Margin has expanded by about 3.9 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity40.7%

Latest ROE of 40.7% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 2% · PAT 11%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $11.0B · EPS 0.59

Est. earnings growth +2.5%

Next fiscal year

Rev $49.8B · EPS 3.48

Est. earnings growth +6.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$47.9B

Net margin

27.3%

ROE

40.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+2.4%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+10.6%

EPS (FY2025)

3.04

Net profit (FY2025)

$13.1B

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Why it moved

Jul 17, 2026
Coca-Cola shares fell nearly 4% after reports emerged of a ransomware attack on its fairlife dairy subsidiary that halted U.S. production, creating uncertainty around near-term supply, costs, and results ahead of upcoming earnings.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high
Jul 2, 2026
KO shares rose to a 52-week high amid ongoing investor interest in defensive dividend stocks with resilient demand and strong execution, with no single major catalyst identified in recent filings or news.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: medium

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$47.9B	$13.1B	3.04	27.3%	40.7%
FY2024	$47.1B	$10.6B	2.46	22.6%	42.8%
FY2023	$45.8B	$10.7B	2.47	23.4%	41.3%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$12.5B	$3.9B	0.91	31.5%
2025Q3	$12.5B	$3.7B	0.86	29.7%
2025Q2	$12.5B	$3.8B	0.88	30.4%
2025Q1	$11.1B	$3.3B	0.77	29.9%
2024Q3	$11.9B	$2.8B	0.66	24.0%
2024Q2	$12.4B	$2.4B	0.56	19.5%
2024Q1	$11.3B	$3.2B	0.74	28.1%
2023Q3	$12.0B	$3.1B	0.71	25.8%
2023Q2	$12.0B	$2.5B	0.59	21.3%
2023Q1	$11.0B	$3.1B	0.72	28.3%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026material
8-K — Other events
SEC7/16/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC6/25/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/1/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/28/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/20/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/20/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/10/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC1/14/2026material

2025

8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC12/10/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/23/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/21/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC10/16/2025material

In the news

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