Clear signals at Coca-Cola!
Coca-Cola leads the way
The stock generated a return of 23.8 percent last year. Compared to stocks in the same sector (“consumer staples”), this puts Coca-cola 1.96 percent above the average (21.84 percent). The average annual return for securities from the same sector “Beverages” is 12.78 percent. Coca-cola is currently 11.02 percent above this figure. Given the outperformance, we rate the stock an overall “buy” at this level.
The chart looks good
On the basis of the moving average price, Coca-cola is currently a “Hold”. This is because the GD200 of the value runs at the level of 61.62 USD, which means that the price of the share (62.48 USD) is +1.4 percent above this trend signal. This corresponds to the rating as “Hold”. Based on the past 50 days, this results in a moving average price (GD50) of USD 58.51. This in turn corresponds to a deviation of +6.79 percent from the perspective of the share price itself. This means that the share is a “Buy” stock over this period. Overall, this corresponds to a “Buy” rating.
How do investors assess the situation?
The investor sentiment towards Coca-cola in the discussion forums and opinion columns of social media is particularly positive overall. This is reflected in the statements and opinions of the past two weeks, which we have evaluated for you to gain a further valuation factor for the share. This showed that positive topics in particular were the focus of discussions in the past few days, giving the stock an overall “Buy” rating. Finally, we enriched this form of analysis with concretely calculable trading signals from social media. This revealed 4 sell and 4 buy signals. From this picture, in turn, only a “Hold” recommendation can be derived at this level. Thus, according to our assessment, a “Buy” is calculated overall on the point of investor sentiment.
Analysts are positive
If the long-term opinion of analysts is anything to go by, the Coca-Cola share will receive a “Buy” rating. Overall, there are the following ratings13 Buy, 4 Hold, 0 Sell. There are no analyst updates on Coca-cola from the last month. Finally, the analysts’ price target for the stock’s overall valuation is also interesting. This is set at USD 67.53. This would give the stock a future performance of 8.08 percent, as it currently costs $62.48. This development leads to a “Buy” rating. For the overall analyst assessment, we as the editorial team assign an overall rating of “Buy”.
What does the RSI for Coca-Cola indicate?
To assess whether a security is currently “overbought” or “oversold” the upward and downward movements over time can be put into relation. This provides the so-called Relative Strength Index (RSI), an indicator from technical analysis which is often used in the financial market. We now evaluate Coca-cola using the shorter-term RSI of the last 7 days as well as the slightly longer-term RSI on a 25-day basis. First, the 7-day RSIthis is currently at 9.95 points, which means that Coca-cola stock is oversold. Accordingly, it receives a “buy” rating. Now to the RSI25In contrast to the RSI of the last 7 trading days, Coca-cola is neither overbought nor -sold on this basis. The thus deviating rating of the stock for the 25-day RSI is therefore a “Hold” rating. This gives Coca-cola a “buy” rating for this point in our analysis.
Investors see the positive
Significant changes in sentiment or communication frequency allow precise conclusions to be drawn about a stock’s current image in social media. In the case of Coca-cola, no significant changes in sentiment could be identified over the past four weeks. We therefore rate the share as a “hold”. In contrast, an increase in the frequency of communication was registered. This means that there has been more talk about the company in recent weeks. Overall, Coca-cola therefore receives a “buy” rating at this level.
What opportunities does the dividend offer?
Coca-cola has a dividend yield of currently 2.68 percent, which is slightly lower than the industry average (3.07%). Due to the not too big difference to the average of 0.4 percent, the share moves in a corridor that leads to a “hold” assessment for the editorial team. Incidentally, the dividend yield is a value that fluctuates on each stock exchange trading day and is calculated from the ratio of the dividend to the current share price.