KO Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KO shares is 3942, representing 64.75% of the company's common stock.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KO by -3.57% restricting it's holding to 8.17 million shares of worth nearly $499.98M. BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ also lessened -11.73% of the KO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 7.14 million shares of worth $437.14M. BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP also shunned KO shares holding by -21.42% last quarter which brought its holding to 6.29 million shares worth $384.74M.

As per its latest 13F filing, RHUMBLINE ADVISERS increased its stake in KO by 1.16% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.77 million shares having worth more than $475.08M. DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE also added 0.23% more shares of KO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 7.67 million shares of worth $467.62M. ABRDN PLC also increased its KO shares holding by 6.25% which brought its holding to 6.98 million shares worth $427.28M.

The insider with the most stakes in KO is WEINBERG DAVID B , director at the company. Additionally, KO stock is highly held by Chairman and CEO Quincey James and Executive Vice President QUAN NANCY among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 9.95% percent of The Coca-Cola Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which KO insiders have sold stock, totaling 143.59K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include DOUGLAS MONICA HOWARD, QUINCEY JAMES, and QUAN NANCY.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which The Coca-Cola Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 1.03M The Coca-Cola Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 9.95% of KO stock.

KO director, WEINBERG DAVID B holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KO shares owned by WEINBERG total nearly 1.47 million.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in KO which holds 8.17 million shares worth $499.98M or 0.19% of the total KO shares outstanding followed by RHUMBLINE ADVISERS with ownership of 7.77 million shares representing 0.18% of the KO ownership. DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE is the third largest stakeholder with 7.67 million shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $467.62M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KO is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KO shares short is 33.49M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 4.30B shares of KO are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KO has 3.87B shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KO is 2.03.