Coca-Cola Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 COLA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COLA (PLN256.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value (PLN360.7)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COLA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As COLA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for COLA. This is calculated by dividing COLA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is COLA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio25.8x
EarningsUS$10.41b
Market CapUS$268.20b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for COLA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.2x
PEP PepsiCo
22.3x8.2%US$211.0b
MNST Monster Beverage
31.7x11.1%US$51.1b
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper
18.9x5.3%US$43.6b
9633 Nongfu Spring
27.9x9.8%HK$372.8b
COLA Coca-Cola
25.8x8.2%zł268.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: COLA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the peer average (25.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COLA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Beverage Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COLA 25.8xIndustry Avg. 17.9xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: COLA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.8x) compared to the European Beverage industry average (17.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COLA'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.

COLA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio25.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate COLA'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 COLA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentzł256.35
zł300.98
+17.4%
7.2%zł347.92zł261.96n/a23
Dec ’25n/a
zł298.46
0%
7.3%zł341.05zł256.79n/a24
Nov ’25n/a
zł298.46
0%
7.3%zł341.05zł256.79n/a24
Oct ’25n/a
zł281.30
0%
7.4%zł327.14zł246.32n/a25
Sep ’25n/a
zł274.21
0%
5.4%zł301.72zł232.09n/a25
Aug ’25n/a
zł277.72
0%
5.4%zł309.43zł238.02n/a25
Jul ’25n/a
zł271.74
0%
6.1%zł311.88zł239.91n/a26
Jun ’25n/a
zł269.62
0%
5.5%zł297.41zł241.14n/a23
May ’25n/a
zł270.63
0%
5.5%zł299.40zł242.76n/a24
Apr ’25n/a
zł264.51
0%
5.1%zł296.12zł240.10n/a23
Mar ’25n/a
zł262.02
0%
5.2%zł293.92zł238.31n/a23
Feb ’25n/a
zł261.69
0%
5.5%zł296.28zł236.22n/a23
Jan ’25n/a
zł256.04
0%
6.0%zł293.20zł233.77zł255.0023
Dec ’24n/a
zł253.98
0%
6.0%zł293.00zł233.61n/a23
Nov ’24n/a
zł268.42
0%
5.9%zł310.07zł247.22n/a22
Oct ’24n/a
zł302.24
0%
6.0%zł331.29zł261.55n/a22
Sep ’24n/a
zł284.39
0%
6.0%zł310.04zł236.61n/a23
Aug ’24n/a
zł278.32
0%
6.0%zł304.17zł232.13n/a23
Jul ’24n/a
zł283.91
0%
5.9%zł306.99zł237.41n/a23
Jun ’24n/a
zł292.25
0%
6.2%zł323.53zł243.70n/a24
May ’24n/a
zł287.42
0%
6.2%zł319.67zł240.79n/a25
Apr ’24n/a
zł292.37
0%
6.5%zł332.61zł250.54n/a26
Mar ’24n/a
zł303.88
0%
6.3%zł344.54zł259.53n/a25
Feb ’24n/a
zł293.16
0%
6.5%zł333.43zł251.16n/a23
Jan ’24n/a
zł295.35
0%
7.1%zł338.78zł255.18n/a24

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


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 04:57
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/27
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

The Coca-Cola Company is covered by 58 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Fabrizio SpagnaAxia Financial Research
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research