Company Analysis

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (COKE)

Nasdaq: COKE · Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.1
◀ Past 7.7● Present 4.1▶ Future 3.7
1 est.

The grade of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past7.730% of the headline
● Present4.140% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.7/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.1 billion in fiscal 2017 to $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 9.7% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.7%top 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 41% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
9.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 9.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 6% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 11 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 9.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 6% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 117%: owes 117¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 67 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 117 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 11 in its family; net margin 7.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 7.9% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 5.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.23Btop 25% of its family
  • net margin7.9%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.2%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 20% of 5 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 3 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10 months (bottom 10%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 3 people in charge now (bottom 30%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 3 peoplebottom 30% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10 monthsbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $282 million against debt of $2.7 billion leaves -55.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.6% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 39.7% (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-55.9%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.6%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin39.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.2% a year over the last three filed years against 9.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew 4.8% (top 41%); capital spending grew 1.5% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Nonalcoholic Beverage at $7.2 billion, All Other at $326 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 96% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.5 points a yearbottom 23% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.8%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.5%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 38% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.7% below the $7.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $571 million against a prior three-year average of $491 million (bottom 32%); a net margin of 7.9% against 7.4% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.7%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+16%bottom 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointsbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton COKE · research, not advice