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2026-06-25 22:00 2mo ago
2026-06-25 16:15 2mo ago
Coca-Cola mění vedení severoamerické divize
KO Coca-Cola
FMP Stock News 78
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company today announced that Jennifer Mann will step down from her role as EVP and President, North America Operating Unit effective Aug. 1, at which time John Murphy, President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume responsibility for the North America Operating Unit on an interim basis. Mann will stay with the company through April 2027 as senior advisor to ensure a smooth transition.

A successor for President, North America Operating Unit will be announced at a later date.

Mann began leading the company’s largest operating unit on Jan. 1, 2023, with a focus on accelerating growth as a purpose-driven total beverage company. Under her leadership, the North America Operating Unit has delivered strong revenue and profit growth.

“I am grateful to Jennifer for her tremendous contributions to The Coca-Cola Company as an operator and leader,” said Henrique Braun, CEO. “Her people-first legacy remains in the many high-performing teams she’s led across the Coca‑Cola business.”

About Jennifer Mann

Over her 29-year tenure with The Coca-Cola Company, Mann served in roles of increased responsibility spanning operations and customer leadership. From 2019 until leading North America, Mann was president of Global Ventures, including Costa Coffee and Coca‑Cola’s investment in Monster Beverage Corp. She served as SVP and chief people officer from 2017 until 2019. She was chief of staff for James Quincey, then President and Chief Operating Officer and later CEO, from 2015 to 2018.

From 2012 to 2015 as vice president and general manager of Coca‑Cola Freestyle, Mann accelerated its global expansion across the Coca‑Cola system. Additional prior roles include vice president, Foodservice & On-Premise Strategy and Marketing for Coca‑Cola Refreshments; director, McDonald's Customer & Consumer Operations and director, Good Answer. Mann joined Coca‑Cola in 1997 as a manager in the National Customer Support division of North America.

Mann serves on several board of directors including Verizon Communications, Inc., American Beverage Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Coca‑Cola FEMSA, fairlife LLC, Morehouse College, and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

About The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories. Our company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. We sell multiple billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. Our portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Our water, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Fuze Tea, Gold Peak and Ayataka. Our juice, value-added dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and Santa Clara. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We seek to positively impact people’s lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across our value chain. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Learn more at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
2026-06-24 14:25 2mo ago
2026-06-20 07:30 2mo ago
Apple, Coca-Cola a Microsoft dál posilují své konkurenční výhody
KO Coca-Cola
FMP Stock News 78
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June is a natural moment for mid-year reflection. Short-term traders are squaring quarterly books, but long-term investors should be doing something different: stepping back to ask which businesses have already produced multi-decade compounding, and whether the moats that drove those returns are still intact today.

Past performance does not guarantee future returns; however, durable competitive advantages tend to persist, and the three names below have spent decades widening theirs.

Here are three generational compounders that have made patient shareholders rich, and that still look positioned to do it again.

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) is the textbook example of a moat that keeps widening. The stock trades around $298 as of June 19, with a market cap of roughly $4.28 trillion. Over the trailing 10 years, shares are up more than 1,185%, and the stock is up 48% over the past year. Apple is also Warren Buffett’s largest equity position, sitting at about 22% of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio per the Q1 2026 13F.

The bull case is the installed base and the recurring revenue that sits on top of it. In Q2 FY26, Apple reported EPS of $2.01 against a $1.94 estimate, on revenue of $111.18 billion, up 17% year over year. iPhone revenue jumped to $56.99 billion, Services hit $30.98 billion, and the active device base now exceeds 2.5 billion. Management lifted the dividend 4% to $0.27 quarterly and authorized a fresh $100 billion buyback. Analyst consensus is 63% bullish, with an average target of $312.72.

The caveat: valuation is full at 35x trailing earnings, and Apple remains exposed to global trade frictions and supply-chain concentration. A long-term holder is paying a premium for durability, and that premium is real.

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is the dividend-compounder benchmark. The shares trade around $80, up 15% year to date and 75% over the past decade on an adjusted basis. Coca-Cola has been a core Berkshire holding since the late 1980s, and the company just extended its dividend streak to 63-plus consecutive years of annual increases, putting it firmly in Dividend King territory.

The recent fundamentals back up the moat story. In Q1 2026, Coca-Cola posted EPS of $0.86 against an $0.81 estimate on revenue of $12.47 billion, up 12% year over year. Organic revenue grew 10%, unit case volume rose 3%, and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar volume climbed 13% across every geography. Operating margin expanded to 35% from 33%, and free cash flow surged to $1.76 billion. Management raised 2026 guidance to comparable EPS growth of 8% to 9% and free cash flow near $12.2 billion. The current quarterly dividend sits at $0.53, up from $0.51 in 2025.

The risk: a $960 million BODYARMOR trademark impairment last quarter, ongoing IRS tax litigation, and a roughly 4% revenue headwind from divestitures including the pending Coca-Cola Beverages Africa sale. None of those threaten the franchise; they do compress near-term reported growth.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the third leg of this stool, and arguably the most interesting today because it has actually pulled back. Shares trade around $379, down 20% year to date and 21% over the past year, even though the 10-year return remains around 660%. Microsoft has compounded enormously since the early 1990s on a split-adjusted basis, and the AI/cloud cycle reads like the next chapter rather than the end of one.

The numbers are doing the talking. In Q3 FY26, Microsoft reported EPS of $4.27 against a $4.07 estimate on revenue of $82.89 billion, up 18% year over year. Intelligent Cloud revenue grew 30% to $34.68 billion, Azure expanded 40%, and the AI business crossed a $37 billion annualized run rate, up 123% year over year. Commercial remaining performance obligations, essentially contracted backlog, hit $627 billion. CEO Satya Nadella framed it bluntly: “Our AI business surpassed an annual revenue run rate of $37 billion, up 123% year-over-year.” Analyst consensus is 95% bullish with a target of $561.39.

The caveat: capital intensity. CapEx ran $30.88 billion in the quarter, up 84% year over year, and the market is openly debating whether AI infrastructure spending will earn an adequate return. That debate is the entire reason the stock is on sale.

What to Watch From Here The thread connecting Apple, Coca-Cola and Microsoft is a competitive position that survives recessions, technology shifts, and management changes. The next decade will test each moat in different ways: Apple against trade and regulatory pressure, Coca-Cola against shifting consumer preferences, Microsoft against the return-on-AI-investment question. For long-term investors thinking past June, those are the right questions to be asking.
2026-06-24 14:25 2mo ago
2026-06-22 11:06 2mo ago
Coca-Cola zvýšila organické tržby o 10 %
KO Coca-Cola
FMP Stock News 78
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Key Takeaways Coca-Cola's Q1 organic revenues rose 10%, driven by a 3% unit case volume and 2% price/mix growth.Pricing actions added roughly four points to price/mix, partly offset by unfavorable mix in several markets.Coca-Cola delivered volume growth across all segments and extended value-share gains to 20 quarters. Pricing remains an important growth lever for The Coca-Cola Company (KO - Free Report) , but its revenue story is becoming increasingly balanced between pricing and volume gains. Organic revenues increased 10% in the first quarter of 2026, supported by a 3% rise in unit case volume and 2% price/mix growth. Management noted that pricing actions contributed roughly four percentage points to the price/mix, although this was partly offset by an unfavorable mix across several markets.

The company's ability to sustain pricing reflects the strength of its brands and sophisticated revenue growth management capabilities. Coca-Cola continues to adjust pricing, packaging and promotional strategies based on local market conditions while protecting consumer affordability. Management emphasized that affordability remains a key pillar of the company's growth strategy, particularly for lower-income consumers facing economic pressure. In North America, Coca-Cola expanded affordable single-serve and multi-serve offerings to retain consumers within its franchise rather than sacrificing volume.

Management expects a more balanced growth algorithm throughout 2026, with the volume and price/mix contributing relatively equally to the top-line expansion. While pricing remains embedded in Coca-Cola's strategy, the company is increasingly prioritizing consumer recruitment, market share gains and transaction growth. Management suggested that quarterly fluctuations may occur, but Coca-Cola remains committed to balancing volume growth with pricing initiatives.

The company's confidence is supported by strong brand momentum, innovation and market execution. Coca-Cola delivered volume growth across all operating segments and extended its streak of value-share gains to 20 consecutive quarters. As inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and consumer pressures persist, Coca-Cola's pricing power remains a competitive advantage. However, 2026 appears less about aggressive pricing and more about leveraging pricing alongside affordability, innovation and consumer-centric execution to sustain long-term revenue growth.

KO’s Peers: Is Pricing Power Also Driving Growth at PEP & MNST?Pricing has been a major growth engine for beverage companies in recent years, but as inflation moderates and consumers become more value-conscious, the key question is whether PepsiCo Inc. (PEP - Free Report) and Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST - Free Report) can still rely on pricing actions to drive revenue growth.

PepsiCo's pricing power remains an important contributor to growth in 2026, though the company is increasingly relying on a balanced mix of pricing, affordability initiatives and innovation. In first-quarter 2026, organic revenues rose 2.6%, supported by effective net pricing and modest volume gains, while management highlighted affordability investments and brand restaging efforts as key growth drivers. PepsiCo expects organic revenue growth of 2-4%, suggesting pricing remains a tailwind, but sustainable growth will also depend on volume recovery and continued consumer demand across its beverage and snack portfolios.

Monster Beverage's pricing power continues to support revenue growth in 2026, but it is working alongside strong category demand, innovation and international expansion. Management noted that pricing actions implemented in late 2025 are performing as expected, with modest inflationary pricing helping deliver volume and revenue growth. Pricing also partially offset higher aluminum and freight costs in the quarter. Looking ahead, Monster Beverage remains open to additional pricing opportunities while monitoring consumer resilience and category health, suggesting pricing remains an effective growth lever.

KO’s Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesShares of Coca-Cola have risen 5.7% in the past three months compared with the industry’s return of 7.8%.

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From a valuation standpoint, KO trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 23.57X compared with the industry’s average of 19.08X.

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for KO’s 2026 and 2027 earnings per share implies year-over-year growth of 8.7% and 6.9%, respectively. Estimates for the aforesaid years have been unchanged in the past 30 days.

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Coca-Cola currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
2026-06-24 14:25 2mo ago
2026-06-22 17:51 2mo ago
Coca-Cola vede u soudu spor s IRS o 20 miliard USD
KO Coca-Cola
FMP Stock News 86
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Coca-Cola and the IRS are heading to court with $20 billion on the line amid a years-long dispute over the beverage company's reporting of profits made in the U.S. and overseas.

The soda giant is taking its case to a federal appeals court in Miami as it looks to resolve a tax liability stemming from how Coca-Cola and its foreign subsidiaries disclosed profits from 2007 to 2009 using an accounting practice known as transfer pricing.

The case centers on an agreement between the company and the IRS from 1996 about how the company would report foreign profits, as Coca-Cola's U.S. corporation licenses its intellectual property – ranging from recipes, brand names and trademarks – to foreign subsidiaries that manufacture concentrates used to make its beverages for foreign markets.

Coca-Cola argues that it structured its operations to comply with the 1996 agreement using a "10-50-50" method that lets foreign suppliers keep 10% of the gross sales, with the U.S. parent company and foreign subsidiary splitting the remaining profits.

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Coca-Cola argues the IRS backtracked on an agreement it reached with the company in 1996. (Rachel Wolf/Fox News Digital)

"Far from seeking to evade its tax obligations, Coca-Cola carefully structured its operations to adhere to a method that the IRS had repeatedly blessed," the company said in a court filing, per The Wall Street Journal.

The outlet reported that the IRS counters that the 1996 agreement was retroactive to 1987 but didn't apply to future years, and that it only offered protection from penalties for the use of the 10-50-50 method as opposed to immunity. 

The IRS said in its own filing that the "combination of two non-promises does not add up to a promise, as Coca-Cola wishes."

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Ticker Security Last Change Change % KO THE COCA-COLA CO. 80.95 +0.65 +0.80% While the company's tax filings from 2007 to 2009 were the focus of the IRS' initial case, Coca-Cola has continued to use the accounting method as the legal dispute has played out.

The IRS prevailed over Coca-Cola in a Tax Court ruling in 2020, which resulted in the company paying $6 billion in taxes and interest as the judge ruled the parent company's deals with foreign subsidiaries were structured improperly to keep profits overseas in lower tax jurisdictions.

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The IRS argues Coca-Cola's international accounting practices were flawed and not approved. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

That money could go back to Coca-Cola with interest if the company prevails with its appeal, though it could face an even larger tax bill if it's defeated in court due to the ongoing use of the tool.

Coca-Cola would owe an estimated $14 billion in taxes and interest for the 2010 through 2025 tax years, bringing the total to $20 billion if it loses its appeal against the IRS.

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The Journal noted that the potential $14 billion liability could cause Coca-Cola to borrow to pay the IRS, as the amount exceeds the cash it has on hand – though analysts have said the company is emphasizing it has the needed liquidity to cover the bill and maintain its dividend for investors.

Coca-Cola declined to comment. FOX Business reached out to the IRS for comment.