# Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Beverages. Price $189.33, market value $12.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 25.1×**. Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. trades at 25.1× trailing earnings. The Consumer Defensive median in the September 2026 study was 20.1×. Forward P/E is 4.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 1.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.6×.
- **Price / book: 4.0×**. The shares trade at 4.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.6×**. Enterprise value is 12.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.1%**. Free cash flow equals 5.1% of the market value. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 4.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 39.1%**. Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. keeps 39.1% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 13.0%**. 13.0% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 7.9%**. 7.9% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: -77.1%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 44.7%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 44.7%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 12.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces 12.8% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 4.8%** (3-yr 5.2%/yr, 5-yr 7.6%/yr). Revenue grew 4.8% over the last year, against 7.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 34.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 34.3% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.1×**. It would take 2.1 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.67**. A Z-score of 3.67 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.53%** ($1.00 per share, trailing). Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. yields 0.53%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 15%** (12% of free cash flow). 15% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 58.5%/yr** (1-yr -50.0%). The dividend has compounded at 58.5% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 1 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 59.7%** (YTD 24.0%, 3-mo 5.4%). The shares are up 59.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.8%** (71.2% above the low). Trading 14% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -0.10** (volatility 36%). Beta of -0.10 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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