Coca-Cola Valuation

Is KO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KO ($63.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($59.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KO is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KO?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

KO key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.6x
PEG Ratio3.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.8x
PEP PepsiCo
24.7x9.6%US$226.7b
BACKUSI1 Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y JohnstonA
14.7xn/aS/27.8b
MNST Monster Beverage
31.1x11.5%US$52.0b
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper
20.9x5.9%US$45.3b
KO Coca-Cola
25.4x7.2%US$274.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x) compared to the peer average (22.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Beverage Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a9.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x) compared to the Global Beverage industry average (18.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate KO's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$63.50
US$67.96
+7.0%
6.1%US$78.00US$60.00n/a26
Jun ’25US$61.47
US$67.09
+9.1%
5.5%US$74.00US$60.00n/a23
May ’25US$62.10
US$66.89
+7.7%
5.5%US$74.00US$60.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$60.28
US$66.10
+9.7%
5.1%US$74.00US$60.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$59.27
US$65.84
+11.1%
5.1%US$74.00US$60.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$60.20
US$65.36
+8.6%
5.5%US$74.00US$59.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$57.73
US$64.62
+11.9%
6.0%US$74.00US$59.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$58.20
US$64.14
+10.2%
6.0%US$74.00US$59.00n/a23
Nov ’24US$57.89
US$64.06
+10.7%
5.9%US$74.00US$59.00n/a22
Oct ’24US$55.98
US$69.34
+23.9%
6.0%US$76.00US$60.00n/a22
Sep ’24US$60.60
US$69.71
+15.0%
6.0%US$76.00US$58.00n/a23
Aug ’24US$61.00
US$69.54
+14.0%
6.0%US$76.00US$58.00n/a23
Jul ’24US$61.00
US$69.36
+13.7%
5.9%US$75.00US$58.00n/a23
Jun ’24US$60.08
US$69.55
+15.8%
6.2%US$77.00US$58.00US$61.4724
May ’24US$64.00
US$69.23
+8.2%
6.2%US$77.00US$58.00US$62.1025
Apr ’24US$60.00
US$67.68
+12.8%
6.5%US$77.00US$58.00US$60.2826
Mar ’24US$60.00
US$67.91
+13.2%
6.3%US$77.00US$58.00US$59.2725
Feb ’24US$63.50
US$67.70
+6.6%
6.5%US$77.00US$58.00US$60.2023
Jan ’24US$63.50
US$67.13
+5.7%
7.1%US$77.00US$58.00US$57.7324
Dec ’23US$61.55
US$66.60
+8.2%
7.5%US$78.00US$58.00US$58.2025
Nov ’23US$56.38
US$66.56
+18.1%
7.4%US$78.00US$58.00US$57.8925
Oct ’23US$56.38
US$69.81
+23.8%
6.3%US$78.00US$58.00US$55.9824
Sep ’23US$63.34
US$69.64
+10.0%
6.1%US$78.00US$58.00US$60.6024
Aug ’23US$63.34
US$69.75
+10.1%
6.0%US$78.00US$58.00US$61.0024
Jul ’23US$63.34
US$70.11
+10.7%
6.7%US$78.00US$58.00US$61.0024
Jun ’23US$64.90
US$69.82
+7.6%
6.4%US$76.00US$58.00US$60.0824

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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