Coca-Cola Consolidated
Coca-Cola Consolidated's revenue rose 4.8% to $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 13.2%, down from 13.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $620 million, up 22.6%. It paid out $2.7 billion in dividends and buybacks, 435% of free cash flow.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2019, earnings per share fell 39.1% a year and net income 38.9% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 1% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Coca-Cola Consolidated yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Coca-Cola Consolidated's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
The example scenarios need Coca-Cola Consolidated's diluted shares, which its filings' structured data doesn't give for its latest year. You can enter your own figure in the calculator.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $208.73
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
- —
- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
- —
- Everything after year 10, valued today
- —
- Plus net cash
- —
- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
The P/E method needs positive earnings, and Coca-Cola Consolidated's latest diluted earnings per share were not available.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 142 | 198 | 635 | 1,437 | 282 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 796 | 610 | 607 | 1,791 | 2,788 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 654 | 412 | −29 | 354 | 2,506 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.1x | 0.5x | −0.0x | 0.3x | 2.2x |
| Debt to equity | 1.1x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 1.3x | — |
| Interest coverage | 13.1x | 25.9x | 909.0x | 16.4x | 10.2x |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.9x | 1.3x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.7x | 1.0x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Coca-Cola Consolidated shares on the open market, and 1 insider sold $2.4 billion.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2025 | Coca Cola Co10% owner | Sold | 18,835,460 | $127.00 | $2.4 billion | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | — | — | — |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −10.1% | −5.1% | −7.5% |
Compare
Put Coca-Cola Consolidated side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.
Similar companies
| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola Consolidated | FY25 | 4.8% | 13.2% | 8.6% | 39.7% | 2.2x | — | |
| Monster Beverage | FY25 | 10.7% | 29.2% | 23.7% | 36.1% | −1.1x | 9 | Compare |
| Keurig Dr Pepper | FY25 | 8.2% | 21.5% | 9.1% | 6.8% | 3.9x | 6 | Compare |
| Celsius | FY25 | 85.5% | 5.6% | 12.9% | 25.1% | 1.6x | 5 | Compare |
| National Beverage | FY26 | −1.7% | 19.5% | 13.2% | 65.5% | −1.4x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 3,130 | 4,288 | 4,625 | 4,826 | 5,007 | 5,563 | 6,201 | 6,654 | 6,900 | 7,228 |
| Revenue growth | 35.7% | 37.0% | 7.9% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 11.1% | 11.5% | 7.3% | 3.7% | 4.8% |
| Gross profit | 1,189 | 1,505 | 1,556 | 1,670 | 1,769 | 1,954 | 2,278 | 2,599 | 2,753 | 2,872 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 131 | 102 | 58 | 181 | 313 | 439 | 641 | 834 | 920 | 951 |
| Net income | 50 | 96 | −20 | 11 | 172 | 190 | 430 | 408 | 633 | 571 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 5.36 | 10.30 | −2.13 | 1.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 162 | 308 | 169 | 290 | 494 | 522 | 554 | 811 | 876 | 932 |
| Capital expenditure | 173 | 177 | 138 | 171 | 202 | 156 | 299 | 282 | 371 | 312 |
| Free cash flow | −11 | 131 | 31 | 119 | 292 | 366 | 256 | 528 | 505 | 620 |
| Dividends paid | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 186 | 87 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 626 | 2,606 |
| Acquisitions | 273 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 22 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 142 | 198 | 635 | 1,437 | 282 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 907 | 1,088 | 1,140 | 1,057 | 1,018 | 796 | 610 | 607 | 1,791 | 2,788 |
| Total assets | 2,450 | 3,073 | 3,010 | 3,127 | 3,222 | 3,446 | 3,710 | 4,289 | 5,313 | 4,303 |
| Total liabilities | 2,086 | 2,614 | 2,555 | 2,676 | 2,710 | 2,734 | 2,594 | 2,853 | 3,896 | 5,043 |
| Shareholders' equity | 277 | 367 | 358 | 347 | 513 | 712 | 1,115 | 1,436 | 1,418 | −740 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 38.0% | 35.1% | 33.6% | 34.6% | 35.3% | 35.1% | 36.7% | 39.1% | 39.9% | 39.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 3.7% | 6.3% | 7.9% | 10.3% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 2.2% | −0.4% | 0.2% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 6.9% | 6.1% | 9.2% | 7.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | −0.3% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 4.1% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 8.6% |
| Return on capital | 7.5% | 7.3% | 2.9% | 6.4% | 15.9% | 23.0% | 33.1% | 41.7% | 42.8% | 39.7% |
| Return on equity | 19.3% | 30.0% | −5.5% | 3.2% | 40.1% | 31.0% | 47.1% | 32.0% | 44.4% | 168.3% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 3.5% | −0.7% | 0.4% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 12.0% | 10.2% | 13.2% | 11.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.6x | 4.2x | 4.6x | 2.9x | 2.0x | 1.1x | 0.5x | −0.0x | 0.3x | 2.2x |