Coca-Cola Company (KO) Stock Forecast

Coca-Cola Company trades under the ticker KO on the NYSE and is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. This page brings together a live AI forecast, a discounted-cash-flow (DCF) valuation, and the fundamentals investors most often look at before taking a position.

Because Coca-Cola Company sits in the Consumer Staples space, its results tend to move with the drivers specific to that sector. The valuation framework below reflects the growth, risk and discount-rate assumptions we apply to Consumer Staples companies rather than a one-size-fits-all model.

Our 3-stage DCF model projects earnings for Coca-Cola Company using sector-calibrated growth: roughly 6.0% EPS growth in the high-growth phase (years 1–5), fading to about 5.0% (years 6–10), and a long-run terminal growth of 3.5%.

Those cash flows are discounted at an estimated cost of equity of 7.2%, built from a 4.5% risk-free rate, a sector beta of 0.50, and an equity risk premium of 5.5% (CAPM). The output is an intrinsic value per share and a "margin of safety" versus the current $ market price — shown live in the Valuation tab.

A below-market beta suggests Coca-Cola Company has historically been less volatile than the broader index, which usually points to a more defensive, lower-discount-rate profile.

Before relying on any single number, sanity-check the inputs: is the current P/E reasonable versus Coca-Cola Company's own history and its Consumer Staples peers? Are earnings growing on a durable basis, or boosted by one-offs? How sensitive is the intrinsic value if growth comes in a couple of points below the sector assumption?

The AI Forecast tab adds qualitative colour — bull and bear cases, catalysts and risks — while the Valuation tab keeps the maths transparent. Treat both as a research starting point, not a recommendation.