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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
41.9B 36.2B 34.3B 37.3B 33B 38.7B 43B 45.8B 47.1B 47.9B
(16.5B) (13.7B) (13.1B) (14.6B) (13.4B) (15.4B) (18B) (18.5B) (18.3B) (18.4B)
25.4B 22.5B 21.2B 22.6B 19.6B 23.3B 25B 27.2B 28.7B 29.5B
(15.7B) (13.1B) (11B) (12.2B) (9.8B) (12.5B) (13.9B) (15.7B) (17.7B) (14.6B)
(15.4B) (12.9B) (11B) (12.2B) (9.7B) (12.1B) (12.9B) (14B) (14.6B) (14.5B)
— — — — — — — (15m) — —
(350m) (235m) (17m) (57m) (77m) (369m) (997m) (1.7B) (3.1B) (47m)
9.7B 9.4B 10.2B 10.4B 9.8B 10.8B 11.1B 11.5B 11B 15B
486m 1.3B (9m) 887m 4m 1.2B 543m 1.3B 1.4B 1.7B
749m 811m 964m 945m 1.4B 947m 882m 1.5B 1.7B 1.7B
(2.3B) (3.9B) (2.7B) (1.3B) (194m) 133m (185m) 228m 654m (582m)
— — — 739m — — — — — —
272m 126m 733m 3m 166m 261m 201m (77m) (31m) (79m)
8.1B 6.9B 8.2B 10.8B 9.7B 12.4B 11.7B 13B 13.1B 16B
(1.6B) (2B) (1.7B) (1.8B) (2B) (2.6B) (2.1B) (2.2B) (2.4B) (2.9B)
6.6B 4.9B 6.5B 9B 7.8B 9.8B 9.6B 10.7B 10.6B 13.1B
(23m) (35m) (42m) (65m) (21m) (33m) (29m) 11m (18m) (30m)
6.5B 1.2B 6.4B 8.9B 7.7B 9.8B 9.5B 10.7B 10.6B 13.1B
1.49 0.28 1.50 2.07 1.79 2.25 2.19 2.47 2.46 3.04