Dow Today: Coca-Cola (KO) Lower

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up one points at 13,251 as of Friday, Aug 17, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 176.9 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 661.9 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,375 issues advancing vs. 1,369 declining with 201 unchanged.

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Holding back the Dow today is Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), which is lagging the broader index with a four-cent decline to $39.51. Volume for Coca-Cola currently sits at 3.7 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of seven million shares.

Coca-Cola has a market cap of $179.09 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are up 12.6% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.6%.

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.8, below the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio of 21.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Coca-Cola as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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