Beverage company Coca-Cola (KO -0.63%) reminded investors in February why it's a good long-term investment when the company increased its dividend by 5.4% for the 62nd year in a row. This increase means the global beverage company provides investors with a refreshing dividend yield of more than 3%, given the stock's current price.Here's a closer look at Coca-Cola's latest dividend increase, its trend of dividend growth, and why the company is likely to continue rewarding shareholders with dividend increases ...

Coca-Cola's (KO -0.28%) stock returns and its business are moving in opposite directions these days. The beverage giant just reported positive operating trends for fiscal 2023, and yet Coke was among the weakest performers on the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the year. Shares have gained just 2% in the last 12 months compared to the Dow's 19% rally.Does that performance gap pave the way for market-beating returns for investors willing to buy Coke stock today? Let's take a closer look.Sales trendsThe bigg ...

The stock market is a complex ecosystem where shares of public companies are bought, sold, and traded. It serves as a critical component of the global economy. For example, facilitating capital raising for companies and investment opportunities for individuals and institutions. Investors can earn returns through capital appreciation when stock prices rise and through dividends. These are distributions of a company’s earnings to its shareholders.Dividends provide a source of regular income, which can be part ...

Dividend stocks could offer a higher yield and cushion the sudden rise in the VIX (volatility index) that markets have experienced. Be careful not to fall into what the industry calls a ‘dividend trap,’ meaning companies that inflate their dividend payouts to attract investors when they cannot afford to pay these yields.Like a house of cards, this eventually falls on its head, as the inevitable unaffordability of these dividend payouts causes the company to take on debt or even issue more stock (dilute shar ...

Sure, Coca-Cola's (KO -0.15%) most famous drinks are its eponymous colas in various flavors and packaging. But Coca-Cola has a brand assortment with 200 labels that you may or may not realize are owned the by largest beverage company in the world. And some of them are the top names in their own categories.Coca-Cola has the best ... water?Coca-Cola operates six distinct beverage segments in its non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink business. These include sparkling soft drinks; juice, value-added dairy and plant-bas ...

Coca-Cola Co. (KO, Financial) has been growing nicely despite moderate unit volume gains, led by price increases. However, as consumers start to show price increase fatigue, volume growth should come more into play in the future. Company profile Coca-Cola owns a number of beverage brands in the soft drink, sports drink, energy drink, water, coffee, tea and juice categories. Its brands include Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, Dasani, Vitaminwater, Costa and Minute Maid, among others. The company's product ...

Dividend Kings are an elite group of companies that have distributed and raised their payouts for at least 50 consecutive years. As valuable as this track record is, Dividend Kings tend to take a back seat to faster-growing names during a market that keeps going higher.After all, optimistic investors would much rather find a company with growth prospects and that can pour all its excess earnings and cash flow into that growth rather than pass it along to shareholders in the form of a dividend. But long-term ...

In today's rip-roaring stock market, it's easy to get caught up with what's hot and overlook the milestones of consistent stalwarts. Coca-Cola (KO -0.15%), one of the most well-known dividend-paying companies, just raised its dividend by 5.4% to a record high of $0.485 per share. The dividend is payable on April 1 to shareholders of record as of March 15.Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) latest 13F filing came out on Feb. 14, and showed that the company still owns 400 million shares of Coca-C ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company announced today that Jennifer Mann, executive vice president and president of the North America operating unit, will speak at the UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference in New York on March 14 at 8 a.m. ET. The company invites investors to join a webcast at coca-colacompany.com/investors. A downloadable file and transcript will be available within 24 hours after the event on the company’s website. About The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: ...

Thanks to a pair of February earnings updates, investors have some fresh data about operating trends for both Coca-Cola (KO 2.21%) and PepsiCo (PEP 1.40%). These two dividend stock favorites showed off why investors gravitate toward their stellar businesses. Each grew sales through a tough selling environment while demonstrating pricing power on the way to higher profit margins.Their trajectories are different, though, and so are the premiums that investors are being asked to pay for these two businesses.Wi ...