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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A capital-light cash generator with substantial margins and episodic payment-driven volatility

Coca-Cola's growing revenue base supports substantial operating margins, while capital spending consistently absorbs only a small share of sales. This leaves considerable cash after reinvestment, although exceptional tax and acquisition-related payments have made reported cash conversion less stable than earnings.

What is developing

The latest results sustained the cash-conversion recovery already visible earlier in 2026, rather than establishing a fresh inflection. Internally generated cash again covered dividends after reinvestment, although working-capital initiatives and capital-spending timing contributed to that capacity.

What matters next

Whether free cash flow continues to cover dividends as working-capital benefits and capital-spending timing normalize.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
8.6B 6B 9.1B 6.5B 6.8B 9.7B 9.5B 9.4B 10.8B 10.3B
8.6B 6B 9.1B 6.5B 6.8B 9.7B 9.5B 9.4B 10.8B 10.3B
13.6B 14.7B 7B 4.7B 4.1B 2.9B 2.1B 4.3B 3.7B 5.5B
3.9B 3.7B 3.7B 4B 3.1B 3.5B 3.5B 3.4B 3.6B 3B
3.9B 3.7B 3.7B 4B 3.1B 3.5B 3.5B 3.4B 3.6B 3B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.7B 2.7B 3.1B 3.4B 3.3B 3.4B 4.2B 4.4B 4.7B 4.4B
5.3B 9.5B 2.1B 1.9B 1.9B 3B 3.2B 5.2B 3.1B 7.8B
34B 36.5B 24.9B 20.4B 19.2B 22.5B 22.6B 26.7B 26B 31B
10.6B 8.2B 9.6B 12.2B 12.3B 11.3B 11.2B 10.6B 11.5B 11.3B
10.6B 8.2B 9.6B 12.2B 12.3B 11.3B 11.2B 10.6B 11.5B 11.3B
(10.6B) (8.2B) (8B) (8.1B) (8.9B) (8.9B) (9.2B) (9.2B) (9.6B) (9.1B)
10.5B 7.2B 7.5B 10B 11B 15.3B 14.8B 14.9B 13.3B 12.5B
10.6B 9.4B 14.1B 16.8B 17.5B 19.4B 18.8B 18.4B 18.1B 15.5B
17.2B 22B 20.3B 19.9B 20.1B 18.4B 18.8B 19.8B 18.1B 20.2B
4.2B 4.6B 6.8B 7.1B 7.1B 7.4B 6.5B 7.4B 13.5B 14.2B
10.6B 9.4B 14.1B 16.8B 17.5B 19.4B 18.8B 18.4B 18.1B 15.5B
87.3B 87.9B 83.2B 86.4B 87.3B 94.4B 92.8B 97.7B 100.5B 104.8B
2.5B 2.3B 2.7B 3.8B 3.5B 4.6B 5.3B 5.6B 5.5B 5.6B
6.1B 6.3B 6.6B 7.4B 6.5B 8.9B 9.3B 9.2B 16.2B 9.2B
12.5B 13.2B 13.8B 11B 2.2B 3.3B 2.4B 4.6B 1.5B 1.6B
3.5B 3.3B 5B 4.3B 485m 1.3B 399m 2B 648m 1.8B
1.9B 2.1B 583m 506m 1.9B 1.8B 2.3B 2.3B 1.4B 3.1B
26.5B 27.2B 28.8B 27B 14.6B 20B 19.7B 23.6B 25.2B 21.3B
29.7B 31.2B 25.4B 27.5B 40.1B 38.1B 36.4B 35.5B 42.4B 42.1B
3.8B 2.5B 2.4B 2.3B 1.8B 2.8B 2.9B 2.6B 2.5B 2.4B
158m 1.9B 2.1B 2.1B 2B 1.9B 1.7B 1.5B 1.5B 2.1B
4.1B 8B 7.6B 8.5B 9.5B 8.6B 7.9B 8.5B 4.1B 4.7B
64.2B 70.8B 66.2B 67.4B 68B 71.4B 68.7B 71.8B 75.7B 72.6B
1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B 1.8B
65.5B 60.4B 63.2B 65.9B 66.6B 69.1B 71B 73.8B 76.1B 80.4B
15B 15.9B 16.5B 17.2B 17.6B 18.1B 18.8B 19.2B 19.8B 20.6B
305m 493m 50m 75m 28m (62m) (25m) (1m) (64m) (26m)
(48B) (50.7B) (51.7B) (52.2B) (52B) (51.6B) (52.6B) (54.5B) (55.9B) (56.4B)
(11.5B) (10.8B) (12.9B) (13.6B) (14.6B) (14.3B) (14.9B) (14.3B) (16.8B) (14.1B)
23.1B 17.1B 17B 19B 19.3B 23B 24.1B 25.9B 24.9B 32.2B
87.3B 87.9B 83.2B 86.4B 87.3B 94.4B 92.8B 97.7B 100.5B 104.8B
4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B 4.3B