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Coca-Cola Consolidated

COKE · Nasdaq · Consumer Staples · Financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

COKE · Last close · October 26, 2026
$208.73
Value Coca-Cola Consolidated yourself

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.

COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED, INC. Latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 10-K filed February 18, 2026 · 0001628280-26-009057 Updated
Revenue
$7.2B
4.8%
Operating margin
13.2%
0.2 pts
Net income
$571M
9.9%
Free cash flow
$620M
22.6%
Return on capital
39.7%
3.1 pts
Market cap
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No share count
P/E
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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.

About these figures. From 2020 Coca-Cola Consolidated tags earnings per share and share counts only for each of its two classes of shares, which the SEC's company-level data leaves out, so per-share figures are blank from 2020.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

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.

Net income
US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.
Diluted earnings per share
US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red. Where the filings' structured data doesn't give a year's earnings per share, the column is blank.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity
Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

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.

From the filings
Cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025: a rough guide to cash flow before spending to grow, for a company building heavily.
Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at December 31, 2025. Negative means net debt.
Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.
Your assumptions
Start from
Fitted to Coca-Cola Consolidated's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 2.5% then 2% a year, 2% after year 10, a 8% discount rate. Base: growth of 5% then 4% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 7% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 8% then 5.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 6% discount rate.
Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.
Value per share on these assumptions
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$208.73
Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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Everything after year 10, valued today
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Plus net cash
—
Share of value from after year 10
—
Projected free cash flow
US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.
Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.
How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

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 endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments1421986351,437282
Debt incl. finance leases7966106071,7912,788
Net debt (negative means net cash)654412−293542,506
Net debt to EBITDA1.1x0.5x−0.0x0.3x2.2x
Debt to equity1.1x0.6x0.4x1.3x—
Interest coverage13.1x25.9x909.0x16.4x10.2x
Current ratio1.3x1.4x1.6x1.9x1.3x
Quick ratio0.9x1.0x1.3x1.7x1.0x
US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

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.

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Nov 7, 2025Coca Cola Co10% ownerSold18,835,460$127.00$2.4 billionForm 4
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

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.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positivePassPassPass
Cash from operations is positivePassPassPass
Return on assets roseFailPassFail
Cash from operations exceeds net incomePassPassPass
Debt fell relative to assetsPassFailFail
Current ratio rosePassPassFail
Share count didn't rise———
Gross margin rosePassPassFail
Revenue rose relative to assetsFailFailFail
F-score———
Accruals ratio−10.1%−5.1%−7.5%
The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

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10 years of figures

Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue3,1304,2884,6254,8265,0075,5636,2016,6546,9007,228
Revenue growth35.7%37.0%7.9%4.3%3.8%11.1%11.5%7.3%3.7%4.8%
Gross profit1,1891,5051,5561,6701,7691,9542,2782,5992,7532,872
Research and development——————————
Operating income13110258181313439641834920951
Net income5096−2011172190430408633571
Diluted EPS (US$)5.3610.30−2.131.21——————
Diluted shares (millions)9999——————
Cash flow
Cash from operations162308169290494522554811876932
Capital expenditure173177138171202156299282371312
Free cash flow−1113131119292366256528505620
Dividends paid99999994718687
Share buybacks000000006262,606
Acquisitions27326500000000
Stock-based compensation786200————
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments22171410551421986351,437282
Debt incl. finance leases9071,0881,1401,0571,0187966106071,7912,788
Total assets2,4503,0733,0103,1273,2223,4463,7104,2895,3134,303
Total liabilities2,0862,6142,5552,6762,7102,7342,5942,8533,8965,043
Shareholders' equity2773673583475137121,1151,4361,418−740
Margins and ratios
Gross margin38.0%35.1%33.6%34.6%35.3%35.1%36.7%39.1%39.9%39.7%
Operating margin4.2%2.4%1.2%3.7%6.3%7.9%10.3%12.5%13.3%13.2%
Net margin1.6%2.2%−0.4%0.2%3.4%3.4%6.9%6.1%9.2%7.9%
Free cash flow margin−0.3%3.1%0.7%2.5%5.8%6.6%4.1%7.9%7.3%8.6%
Return on capital7.5%7.3%2.9%6.4%15.9%23.0%33.1%41.7%42.8%39.7%
Return on equity19.3%30.0%−5.5%3.2%40.1%31.0%47.1%32.0%44.4%168.3%
Return on assets2.3%3.5%−0.7%0.4%5.4%5.7%12.0%10.2%13.2%11.9%
Net debt to EBITDA3.6x4.2x4.6x2.9x2.0x1.1x0.5x−0.0x0.3x2.2x
US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Coca-Cola Consolidated's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Coca-Cola Consolidated.