Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
COKECoca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s balance sheet is under water — net worth is negative, so it owes more than it owns. This is a distressed, high-risk situation — the equity can be wiped by dilution or restructuring before operations recover. Not a value setup.
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +64.1% in a year while annual EPS moved −2.6% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.
The price is in a confirmed uptrend (29 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own 5-year range. But the balance sheet is under water: net worth is negative, so shareholders sit behind everyone the company owes. What settles it: whether the business can earn its way back to positive equity before dilution or restructuring gets there first.
Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. trades at $195, in a confirmed uptrend and 29 weeks into that stage. That is +13.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 79% of a 52-week range of $113 to $217. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (12 weeks and counting).
Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 29 of stage 2. At $195 it trades +13.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 79% of its 52-week range ($113–$217).
Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +1,242% while the S&P 500 moved +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (12 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-05-08) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.
What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.
→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own range.
Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. trades at 26.5× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (95th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 18.3×, measured across 5.1 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.
Today's P/E of 26.5× is at the pricey end of its own range (95th percentile), against a long-run median of 18.3× measured over 5.1 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.
🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −2.6% against a +64.1% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.
The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +37.3%/yr price move, ~+28.9%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+8.4 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.
Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.
→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.
Stage: Mixed Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — the growth curves are steadily positive, but no return curve is held to confirm the Consistent bar. The read is built from 12 quarters across 3 curves, on partial evidence.
Why it matters: when the curves disagree, the per-curve reads above matter more than any single verdict.
The return-on-capital curve is not shown — net worth is negative, so a return on capital is not a meaningful number in any basis. This is a distressed balance sheet, and the stage is read from the growth curves alone.
A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.
| 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +4.8% | +5.3% | — | — |
| Profit | −9.5% | +9.9% | — | — |
| EPS | −2.6% | +14.2% | — | — |
| Stock price | +64.1% | +43.7% | +37.3% | +29.9% |
→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.
4-Factor Sector Score
50.5/100 — rank 5 of 13 in Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · 59% evidence confidence
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. scores 50.5 out of 100 against the 13 companies it is compared with in Beverages - Non-Alcoholic, ranking 5. Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
The four contributions add to the total exactly: 15.8 + 11.8 + 10.3 + 12.6 = 50.5. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.
What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.
Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reported $1.9 B of revenue in the Apr 26 quarter, +17.1% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 6.8% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $7.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $7.5 B.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reported $1.9 B of revenue in the Apr 26 quarter, +17.1% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 6.8% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $7.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $7.5 B.
FY25 revenue came in at $7.2 B (+4.8% on the year), capping 4 years at 6.8% compound. The latest quarter (Apr 26) printed $1.9 B, +17.1% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +8.9% growth against the decade's 6.8% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.
Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +8.7% over the last 4 quarters against +6.5%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit +1.8% vs +7.7%/yr — rolling over.
→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 13.0% this quarter (+1.0 pp YoY).
Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s operating margin is 13.0% in the Apr 26 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 7.9% to 13.3%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s operating margin is 13.0% in the Apr 26 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 7.9% to 13.3%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
The latest quarter's operating margin is 13.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 7.9%–13.3%.
Why the margin moved: operating margin went +1.0 pp year on year while gross margin went −0.4 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.
→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +10.0% in the latest quarter.
Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. earned $0.1 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, +10.0% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.6 B. The 4-year compound rate is 31.6%. That is 5.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.1 B.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. earned $0.1 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, +10.0% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.6 B. The 4-year compound rate is 31.6%. That is 5.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.1 B.
Apr 26 profit was $0.1 B, +10.0% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $0.6 B (−9.5%), and the 4-year compound rate is 31.6%.
Why profit moved: revenue contributed +17.1% and the margin +1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.
Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +4.1% vs revenue +8.9%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.
→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 163% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.
Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.
Over the last 3 fiscal years 163% of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was $0.9 B of operating cash against $0.6 B of profit. After $0.3 B of capital spending, $0.6 B was left as free cash.
FY25: operating cash of $0.9 B against reported profit of $0.6 B, leaving free cash of $0.6 B after $0.3 B of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 163% of profit.
Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.
Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.
Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.
→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: $1.0 B of building over 3 years.
Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $1.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 4.6% of FY25 revenue a year.
Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.
On the investment side: capital spending of $1.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.
The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.
→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROE is 135% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +16.6 pp.
Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. earns a ROE of −77% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +16.6 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 7.9% net margin on 1.68× asset turns.
FY25 ROE is −77%.
Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 7.9% net margin × 1.68× asset turns × −5.81× balance-sheet leverage ≈ −77.1% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.
The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 23.1% − 6.5% = a +16.6 pp spread. The 6.5% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every dollar reinvested creates more than a dollar of value — the engine compounds.
→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is not in our numbers.
Dividend A dividend is cash paid out per share. Dividend per share is the declared amount for the period; the trailing twelve-month total is the four most recent quarters added together.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. paid $1.00 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 400.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.25 for Apr 26. Against the current price of $195 that is a trailing yield of 0.51%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. paid $1.00 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 400.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.25 for Apr 26. Against the current price of $195 that is a trailing yield of 0.51%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. paid $1.00 per share across the last four reported quarters, most recently $0.25 for Apr 26. That is up 400.0% against the same quarter a year earlier. Against the current price of $195 the trailing twelve months work out to 0.51% — trailing dividends measured against today's price, not a forward estimate.
→ A payout is cash leaving the business. Next: what the balance sheet looks like behind it.
Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s net worth is negative — it owes more than it owns — so a debt-to-equity ratio is not meaningful here. On the annual view that ratio went from 1.32 in FY21 to −3.93 in FY25. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.
Apr 26: total debt of $2.8 B against shareholder equity of $−0.6 B — a debt-to-equity of −4.30. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 1.32 (FY21) to −3.93 (FY25). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.
→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: short interest is 5.9% of the float.
Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.
5.9% of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 5.5 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.
The latest reading: 5.9% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 5.5 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.
Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.
→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.
Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.: the Z-score reads 3.68. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.
Why it matters: a Z-score of 3.68 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.
The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 3.68.
| Company | P/E | Mkt cap | Revenue | EPS | ROCE | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. this page | 26.5× | $13B | Mixed | |||
| The Coca-Cola Company | 25.3× | $380B | Turning around | |||
| PepsiCo, Inc. | 18.3× | $195B | Improving | |||
| Monster Beverage Corporation | 47.2× | $96B | Consistent | |||
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | 22.3× | $49B | Mixed | |||
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | 23.0× | $42B | Improving | |||
| Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. | 16.7× | $23B | Topping out | |||
| Primo Brands Corporation | 157.0× | $9B | No read | |||
| Celsius Holdings, Inc. | 66.9× | $8B | Mixed | |||
| Embotelladora Andina S.A. | 13.5× | $4B | Mixed | |||
| The Vita Coco Company, Inc. | 38.4× | $4B | Turning around | |||
| National Beverage Corp. | 16.6× | $3B | Mixed | |||
| Suja Life, Inc. | — | $0B | — | — | — | — |
| Zevia PBC | — | $0B | No read | |||
| Buda Juice, Inc. | 43.0× | $0B | — | — | No read |
Frequently asked questions
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s stock price today?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. trades at $195, +64.1% over the past year. The company is valued at $13.0 B. The stock sits at 79% of its 52-week range of $113–$217, +13.5% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 29 weeks in. — as of 29 July 2026.
What were Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reported revenue of $1.9 B and net profit of $0.1 B for the Apr 26 quarter. Revenue rose 17.1% and profit rose 10.0% year on year. Earnings per share were $1.67. The operating margin was 13.0%, 1.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s revenue?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reported revenue of $1.9 B in the Apr 26 quarter, +17.1% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $7.2 B (+4.8%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 6.8% a year. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s profit?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. earned $0.1 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, +10.0% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.6 B. The operating margin ran 13.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s market cap?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $13.0 B at a stock price of $195. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s P/E ratio?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. trades at a P/E of 26.5×, at the 95th percentile of its own 5-year range, against a long-run median of 18.3×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 29 July 2026.
Does Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes — Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. declared $0.25 per share for Apr 26, and $1.00 per share across the last four reported quarters. The latest quarter is up 400.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s dividend per share?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s most recently declared dividend is $0.25 per share for Apr 26, giving $1.00 per share over the trailing twelve months. Each figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters for the trailing total. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s trailing dividend yield is 0.51%: $1.00 declared per share across the last four reported quarters, against a share price of $195. Each quarter’s figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters and divided by the latest close. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. overvalued?
On its own history, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 26.5× sits at the 95th percentile of its 5-year range (long-run median 18.3×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. growing?
Yes — Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. is growing: latest-quarter revenue +17.1% year on year, profit +10.0%, and the margin +1.0 pp at 13.0%. The 4-year compound rates are 6.8% (revenue) and 31.6% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 29 July 2026.
How is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. performing?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. is in a confirmed uptrend, 29 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 17.1% and profit rose 10.0% year on year. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 12 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 29 July 2026.
What stage is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. in?
Mixed — the growth curves are steadily positive, but no return curve is held to confirm the Consistent bar. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +8.7% latest, profit growth +1.8% latest, eps growth +13.3% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. in an uptrend?
Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 29 of stage 2), trading +13.5% versus its 200-day average and at 79% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. beating the market?
Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (12 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-05-08), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +1,242% against the S&P 500's +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 29 July 2026.
Will Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s stock price go up?
This page publishes no price forecast for Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $195, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 29 weeks in. Its P/E of 26.5× sits at the 95th percentile of its own 5-year range. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is the market betting against Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.?
Somewhat — short interest is 5.9% of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s tradable float, about 5.5 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s capex?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. spent $1.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was $0.3 B. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s cash flow?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. generated $0.9 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $0.6 B of free cash flow after $0.3 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $0.6 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s profit real cash?
Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 163% of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was $0.9 B against reported profit of $0.6 B. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 29 July 2026.
How financially safe is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.?
On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 3.68 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 29 July 2026.
Where is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. in its business cycle?
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 13.1%, against a 5-year band of 7.9%–13.3%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 13.0%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 29 July 2026.
What could break the Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. story?
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +64.1% in a year while annual EPS moved −2.6% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?
This is not investment advice. The machine read: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s balance sheet is under water — net worth is negative, so it owes more than it owns. This is a distressed, high-risk situation — the equity can be wiped by dilution or restructuring before operations recover. Not a value setup. The sharpest open question: whether the business can earn its way back to positive equity before dilution or restructuring gets there first. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 29 July 2026.