Coca-Cola Consolidated

COKE

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

Price

$180.74

-1.71 (-0.94%)

Market Cap

$14.20B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−10.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 94.0M (2021) → 83.8M (2025)

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes nonalcoholic beverages primarily products of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States. The company offers sparkling beverages, such as carbonated beverages; and still beverages, including energy products, as well as noncarbonated beverages comprising bottled water, ready to drink coffee and tea, enhanced water, juices, and sports drinks. It also sells its products to other Coca-Cola bottlers; a

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+16.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+65.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

28.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$233M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Coca-Cola Consolidated is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

39.4%

Modest — 39.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

12.9%

Healthy — 12.9% operating margin

ROCE

11.8%

Below par — 11.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+8.8%

Steady sales growth (8.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+21.8%

Earnings growing fast (21.8% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

162%

Turns 162% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

8.8%

Modest free cash flow (8.8%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

14.76x

Comfortably covers interest (14.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

23.1x

Growth-priced — P/E 23.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.56%

Small dividend — 0.56% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

-87.1%

Dividend cut (-87.1% YoY) — warning sign

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