The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company is an Atlanta-based US beverage company whose shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker KO. Alongside carbonated soft drinks, its portfolio includes water, sports drinks, juices, coffee and tea products.

Coca-Cola's business model rests largely on producing concentrate and syrup and on brand management. These concentrates are sold to independent bottling partners that fill, distribute and sell the drinks in different regions of the world; in Turkey, this role is taken on by Coca-Cola Icecek. Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, Minute Maid and Costa Coffee are well-known parts of the portfolio.

Those following KO stock watch how price increases feed through to sales volumes, currency effects in emerging markets, input costs such as sugar and aluminum, and the influence of healthy-living trends on consumer preferences. On the Lzzo.com page, Coca-Cola stock is presented with its price in US dollars, a past performance chart and technical indicators.