The stock of Coca-Cola Co (KO) has gone up by 2.69% for the week, with a 0.26% rise in the past month and a -11.14% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.44%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.38% for KO. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.08% for KO’s stock, with a simple moving average of -3.65% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) Right Now?
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 26.04x compared to its average ratio. KO has 36-month beta value of 0.62. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 12 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 7 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for KO is 4.27B, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.77% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of KO on January 20, 2025 was 16.95M shares.
KO) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) has jumped by 0.74 compared to previous close of 62.25. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 2.69% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-01-19 that Some investors prefer to own businesses registering tremendous revenue or user growth. The hope is that this can lead to huge returns.
Analysts’ Opinion of KO
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for KO stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for KO by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for KO in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $75 based on the research report published on January 08, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see KO reach a price target of $74. The rating they have provided for KO stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on January 07th, 2025.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to KO, setting the target price at $70 in the report published on December 12th of the previous year.
KO Trading at -0.14% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought KO to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -14.72% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.38%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.44%, as shares sank -1.09% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -3.69% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, KO rose by +2.69%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +4.26% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $62.04. In addition, Coca-Cola Co saw 0.72% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at KO starting from Douglas Monica Howard, who proposed sale 10,950 shares at the price of $63.65 back on Nov 22 ’24. After this action, Douglas Monica Howard now owns shares of Coca-Cola Co, valued at $696,996 using the latest closing price.
Douglas Monica Howard, the Executive Vice President of Coca-Cola Co, sale 10,950 shares at $63.71 during a trade that took place back on Nov 22 ’24, which means that Douglas Monica Howard is holding 22,688 shares at $697,673 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for KO
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.21 for the present operating margin
- 0.6 for the gross margin
The net margin for Coca-Cola Co stands at 0.22. The total capital return value is set at 0.12. Equity return is now at value 39.40, with 10.21 for asset returns.
Based on Coca-Cola Co (KO), the company’s capital structure generated 0.64 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.12. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.74. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 5.83.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 15.62 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.09. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.52. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.95for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.44. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.06.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Coca-Cola Co (KO) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
