Coca-Cola Co (KO): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Laggard

Coca-Cola was a leading decliner within the food & beverage industry, falling $0.77 (-1.9%) to $40.24 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Coca-Cola

(

KO

) pushed the Food & Beverage industry lower today making it today's featured Food & Beverage laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Coca-Cola fell $0.77 (-1.9%) to $40.24 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 32,460,829 shares of Coca-Cola exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13,822,000 shares. The stock ranged in price between $39.50-$40.50 after having opened the day at $39.78 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $41.01. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that declined today were:

SodaStream International

(

SODA

), down 4.5%,

Crumbs Bake Shop

(

CRMB

), down 3.9%,

Chiquita Brands International

(

CQB

), down 3.5% and

Craft Brew Alliance

(

BREW

), down 2.9%.

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. Coca-Cola has a market cap of $182.7 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 13.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Coca-Cola a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Coca-Cola

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the positive front,

China Marine Food Group

(

CMFO

), up 7.4%,

Alico

(

ALCO

), up 5.3%,

Synutra International

(

SYUT

), up 4.8% and

Reeds

(

REED

), up 4.3%.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the food & beverage industry could consider

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage

(

PBJ

) while those bearish on the food & beverage industry could consider

PowerShares DB Agriculture Sht ETN

(

ADZ

).

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