Somewhat Favorable Press Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (COKE) Share Price

Press coverage about Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 46.2389926468322 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

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These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolid (NASDAQ:COKE) Closed -9.5 … – Modern Readers (modernreaders.com)
Looking at the Gauges on Coca Cola Bottling Co Consolidated … – Berry Recorder (berryrecorder.com)
Highlighting Dividend Growth For Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NasdaqGS:COKE) (iphonefresh.com)
How This Ad Exec Is Crushing the Competition (finance.yahoo.com)
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolid (NASDAQ:COKE) Stock Traded -8.3% Below Its 50 Day Average – Modern Readers (modernreaders.com)

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (COKE) opened at 204.67 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $229.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $208.72. The firm has a market cap of $1.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.81 and a beta of 0.03. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated has a 52-week low of $125.00 and a 52-week high of $249.54.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 8th. The company reported $2.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $4.10 by $1.74. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated had a net margin of 1.23% and a return on equity of 15.49%. Equities research analysts expect that Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated will post $8.86 EPS for the current year.

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 11th. Investors of record on Friday, July 28th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 26th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated’s payout ratio is 20.37%.

Separately, BidaskClub upgraded Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 12th.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Company Profile

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated produces, markets and distributes nonalcoholic beverages. The Company is an independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States. The Company’s segments include Nonalcoholic Beverages and All Other. Majority of its total bottle/can volume to retail customers consist of products of The Coca-Cola Company.