Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. COKE
$194.26 +1.16% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $15.09B
Strong growthHigh qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 23.5% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 25.8× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 247 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginTop 40%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Interest coverTop 34%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 5%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 5%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 12%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.8% | 10.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 13.9% | 12.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 38.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 13.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.9% | 8.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.7% | 8.8% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.2% | 13.9% | ↓ | Top 37% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 39.8% | ↓ | Top 40% |
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 13.1% | ↓ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 8.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.4% | 6.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.4% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.2% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.72×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.23×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.51%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 17.23%
- Shareholder yield
- 17.74%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -23.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -10.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +42.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | — | +2.1% | +0.4% | +6.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | — | -2.3% | -19.9% | -17.7% | -12.8% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | — | +2.5% | +17.5% | +30.4% | -0.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | — | -0.1% | +4.3% | +26.7% | +16.4% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | — | -2.1% | +0.3% | +4.0% | +14.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | — | +0.3% | -13.1% | -15.5% | -12.1% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | — | +2.3% | -2.8% | -5.9% | -17.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | — | -0.8% | -2.5% | +11.2% | +10.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $2.83 | — | — | $2.05B |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.79 | — | — | $1.85B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $2.11 | — | — | $1.90B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.06 | — | — | $1.89B |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $2.24 | — | — | $1.86B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.56 | — | — | $1.58B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $13.39 | — | — | $1.75B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.88 | — | — | $1.77B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.8× | 18.3× | 90th | Top 44% |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.0× | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| EV / Sales | 2.28× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.27% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 3.88% | — | — | Top 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.4× – 29.0× since Jul 2, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +62.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +12.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +47.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 247
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +6.5%
- RSI (14)
- 53.9
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 35th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.13
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2022 | Sep 27, 2022 | -35.5% | 78 days | 151 days (May 4, 2023) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | -29.4% | 78 days | 25 days (Jun 6, 2022) |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Jun 17, 2025 | -27.5% | 85 days | 102 days (Nov 11, 2025) |
| Mar 13, 2026 | May 14, 2026 | -24.7% | 43 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | -17.1% | 49 days | 52 days (Jan 17, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $15.09B
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.53
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.69B
- Dividend yield
- 0.51%
- 52-week range
- $118.02 – $219.65
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.56B | $6.20B | $6.65B | $6.90B | $7.23B |
| Gross profit | $1.95B | $2.28B | $2.60B | $2.75B | $2.87B |
| Operating income | $439.2M | $641.0M | $834.5M | $920.4M | $950.7M |
| Net income | $189.6M | $430.2M | $408.4M | $633.1M | $570.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.02 | $4.57 | $4.35 | $6.99 | $6.81 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.77B | $1.75B | $1.58B | $1.86B | $1.89B | $1.90B | $1.85B | $2.05B |
| Net income | $115.6M | $178.9M | $103.6M | $187.4M | $142.3M | $137.3M | $111.6M | $158.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.32 | $2.05 | $1.19 | $2.15 | $1.64 | $1.84 | $1.67 | $2.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $521.8M | $554.5M | $810.7M | $876.4M | $937.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$155.7M | -$329.3M | -$282.3M | -$371.0M | -$312.3M |
| Free cash flow | $366.1M | $225.2M | $528.4M | $505.3M | $624.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$9.4M | -$9.4M | -$46.9M | -$185.6M | -$86.7M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$625.7M | -$2.61B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $171.7M
- Total assets
- $4.43B
- Total liabilities
- $4.93B
- Total debt
- $2.62B
- Net debt
- $2.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$500.1M
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | $0.25 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | $0.25 | May 8, 2026 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $0.25 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | $0.25 | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $0.25 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $2.50 | May 9, 2025 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | $2.50 | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $2.50 | Nov 8, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,787,719
- Days to cover
- 5.94
- Change vs previous report
- -0.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 27, 2025
- 10-for-1
- Mar 21, 1984
- 2-for-1