A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for Coca-Cola Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
KO'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15 Med: 0.67 Max: 2.99
Current: 1.82
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Coca-Cola Co was 2.99. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.67.
KO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 88.66% of 97
companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 0.42
vs KO: 1.82
Coca-Cola Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Coca-Cola Co's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Coca-Cola Co Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
2.79
2.60
2.25
2.22
1.86
Coca-Cola Co Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
1.89
1.88
1.86
1.68
1.82
Competitive Comparison
For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Coca-Cola Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Coca-Cola Co Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coca-Cola Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Coca-Cola Co's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Coca-Cola Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Coca-Cola Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.
Coca-Cola Co Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Coca-Cola is the largest nonalcoholic beverage entity in the world, owning and marketing some of the leading carbonated beverage brands, such as Coke, Fanta, and Sprite, as well as nonsparkling brands, such as Minute Maid, Georgia Coffee, Costa, and Glaceau. Operationally, the firm focuses its manufacturing efforts early in the supply chain, making the concentrate (or beverage bases) for its drinks that are then processed and distributed by its network of more than 100 bottlers. Concentrate operations represent roughly 85% of the company's unit case volume. The firm generates most of its revenue internationally, with countries like Mexico, Brazil, and Japan being key markets outside of the U.S.
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