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The Coca-Cola Company

KO

Consumer Defensive · 86.27 -1.1% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 30 Sept, 14:45 GMT-4

Market read

The Coca-Cola Company's move is spreading beyond its market group.

KO accounts for 8.6% of the group's measured movement across 5.2 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 7 of 8 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 7%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#5 of 8 by movement share
Group movement share8.6%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-0.73%aligned
Effective breadth5.2 / 8broad
Relative alignment7/8downside path · 1 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement7%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

HSY, KMB, CHD moved materially before KO. KO crossed its material path threshold at 13:50 ET, 240 minutes after the first measured mover.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 12.1% versus the comparable filing period.
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 8 members in Packaged Foods & Beverages are active. 0 of 1 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 6 of 8 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • REYN remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 2 of 8 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic

KO accounts for 8.6% of the group's measured movement across 5.2 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 7 of 8 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 7%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 12.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 2.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 17.8% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 6 of 8 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • REYN remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 30, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations614
Usable filing statements189
Verified relationships1
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating margin changed +7.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +4.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Foreign exchange has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Energy and commodity prices has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 29, 2026

86.87
6m+13.9%12m+32.3%24m+21.8%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$38.7B+17.1%—+0.4%
2022-12-31$43.0B+11.3%—+0.2%
2023-12-31$45.8B+6.4%—-0.3%
2024-12-31$47.1B+2.9%—-0.4%
2025-12-31$47.9B+1.9%—-0.2%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Foreign exchangemixed · 5 filings
“The increase was primarily driven by strong cash operating results, a benefit of the trade accounts receivable factoring program in the current year, lower income tax payments, a favorable impact due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, lower net i…”
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
Legal and regulatory exposuremixed · 5 filings
“As a result of the IRS’ designation of the Company’s matter for litigation, the Company was forced to either accept the IRS’ newly imposed tax assessment and pay 46 the full amount of the asserted tax or litigate the matter in the federal courts.”
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
Energy and commodity pricesmixed · 4 filings
“The increase in operating income was primarily driven by an increase in unit case volume of 10% and lower commodity costs, partially offset by higher operating expenses and the impact of refranchising certain territories of our bottling operations in India.”
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
Pricing and mixnegative · 3 filings
“The decrease in operating income was primarily driven by the impact of refranchising our bottling operations in the Philippines, Bangladesh and certain territories in India, higher commodity costs, higher operating expenses and an unfavorable foreign currency…”
10-Q · Oct 23, 2025 ↗

Valuation discipline

Peer-relative valuation withheld

Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

86.27-1.1% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 30 Sept, 14:45 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for KO. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-01.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

What improved

  • Revenue increased 12.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 2.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 17.8% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

“The increase in operating income was primarily driven by an increase in unit case volume of 11%, lower commodity costs, lower operating expenses and a favorable foreign currency exchange rate impact of 12%, partially offset by unfavorable price/mix and the impact of refranchising certain territories of our bottling operations in India.”

“The increase was driven by an increase in concentrate sales volume of 8%, favorable price/mix, lower operating expenses, lower other operating charges and a favorable foreign currency exchange rate impact of 4%, partially offset by increased marketing spending and higher commodity costs.”

“The increase in operating income was primarily driven by an increase in concentrate sales volume of 5%, favorable price/mix and a favorable foreign currency exchange rate impact of 6%, partially offset by increased marketing spending and higher operating expenses.”

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind KO

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

FULTFulton Financial CorporationpartnerFeb 20, 2026 ▾

“2002CV631-50) in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia (“Georgia case”), seeking a declaratory judgment that the Company has no obligation to its former subsidiary, Aqua-Chem, Inc., now known as Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

KO is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Packaged Foods & Beverages. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.