PEP - Coca-Cola Tops on Q1 Earnings & Revenues Raises View | Benzinga
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has reported first-quarter 2024 results, where in the top and bottom lines surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate and improved year over year. The company's results have benefited from its continued business momentum. Backed by the strong results, KO has raised its view for 2024.
Comparable earnings of 72 cents per share rose 7% from the year-ago period and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 69 cents. Unfavorable currency translations hurt comparable earnings by 9 percentage points. Comparable currency-neutral earnings per share rose 15% year over year.
Revenues of $11,300 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10,948 million and improved 3% year over year. Organic revenues rose 11% from the prior-year quarter. Coca-Cola's top line benefited from strong revenue growth across most of its operating segments, aided by an improved price/mix, offset by a decline in concentrate sales. In the reported quarter, Coca-Cola gained a global value share in the total non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages.
The Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock has risen 5.2% in the year-to-date period compared with the industry's growth of 3.1%.
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Volume & Pricing
In the reported quarter, concentrate sales dipped 2% year over year, whereas the price/mix improved 13%. The price/mix benefited from pricing actions in the marketplace and a favorable mix. In the quarter, concentrate sales were 3 points lower than the unit case volume. The decline was driven by the timing of concentrate shipments and the impacts of one less day in the quarter.
Coca-Cola's total unit case volume increased 1% year over year in the first quarter. The unit case volume for the developed markets was flat with the prior-year quarter. The volumes for the developing and emerging markets improved in the low-single digits on growth in Brazil, the Philippines and Nigeria.
Our model had predicted year-over-year organic revenue growth of 6.4% for the first quarter, with a 6.8% gain from the price/mix and a 0.4% decline in the concentrate sales volume.
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