The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

Coca-Cola (KO) stock hasn’t been getting a lot of love lately on my Twitter feed, and that’s understandable judging by its recent history. The shares trade around the $61.40 mark – roughly equal to a 4% earnings yield; 2.8% dividend yield – which may look a bit rich in light of the headwinds facing soda consumption in developed markets. That trend has shown up at…

Coca-Cola (KO) stock last featured back in the summer. At the time, the Atlanta-based beverage giant had been battered by COVID. Its share price sat around the $43.60 mark, which was around 20% lower than at the start of the year, with that coming on the back of some fairly significant disruption to its business. More specifically, its on-premise activity – around half of total…

A reader recently got in touch to ask what was up with Coca-Cola (KO) stock. Rather than reply directly, I figured I’d share my thoughts in a fresh post. For me, Coca-Cola stock is one of the lynchpins of a long-term single stock portfolio. I figure regular readers know that by now, but still. Unfortunately, the one chink in its armor has been exposed by…

It’s a sign of the times we find ourselves in that the most common search terms currently bringing folks to the site are nearly all related to the 1930s. Typically, these new readers want to know two things. Firstly, which stocks held up best during the Great Depression? Secondly, which stocks then went on to rebound the most when it was done?

It has been common in recent years to cite Coca-Cola (KO) stock as an example of blue chip dividend investing’s limitations. This argument typically rests on two points. The first is the subdued shareholder returns realized over the past couple of decades. The second is the seemingly low level of revenue and earnings growth posted by the firm in that time. These points are often…