Why Coca-Cola Consolidated Stock Popped Today
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Q2 went great -- but how fast can a soda bottler really grow, long-term?
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July 25, 2025
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What the re reveals is 's worth noting that Q2 went great -- but how fast can a soda bottler really grow, long-term
On the other hand, S of Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE 6
Meanwhile, 47%), America's largest independently owned bottler of Coca-Cola (and 35%-owned by The Coca-Cola Company itself, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence), jumped 9% through 9:55 a (noteworthy indeed)
On the other hand, ET this morning after the company reported earnings last night
At the same time, Image source: Getty Images
Moreover, Coca-Cola Consolidated Q2 earnings Despite shipping slightly lower volumes of soda (down 1%), the Coca-Cola bottler reported sales growth of 3%, a 4% increase in gross fit, and a 5% increase in operating fit for the second quarter of 2025
This implies that both prices and fit margins increased
Coca-Cola Consolidated earned a 14. 7% operating fit margin in the quarter, and turned $1
On the other hand, 9 billion in sales into $2. 15 per in net fit -- up 16% year over year
Is Coca-Cola Consolidated stock a buy
Additionally, Management didn't give hard guidance in its report, but noted that cash flow in the first half of the year was $406 million, and the company expects capital spending to be $300 million for the year
This would appear to imply Coca-Cola Consolidated might do as much as $500 million in positive free cash flow this year
Relative to the stock's near-$10 billion market capitalization, that makes the math on this one quite easy: Coca-Cola Consolidated stock sells for a price-to-free-cash-flow ratio of 20
Moreover, 9% dividend yield and the 16% growth rate in fits, that sounds right to me -- so long as Coca-Cola Consolidated can keep growing at 16% (which is quite significant)
Personally, I'd be surprised if that happens, though
Coke's recent announcement that it will begin selling soda sweetened with cane sugar might spark a surge in experimental buying in the short term
Nevertheless, Longer-term, though, 16% growth for a mature beverages company seems a stretch to me
I'd be a seller of Coca-Cola Consolidated stock
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