All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
KO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, KO returned +27.83% over the past year and +24.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, KO is up +14,819.92% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.05%/yr, and is currently −0.45% below its real total-return high on Jul. 29, 2026.
Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO × |
+14,819.92%
+8.05%/yr |
+8.63%/yr
R2=0.895 |
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| The Coca-Cola Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| KO × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$1,491,992.26
2026-08-18 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| KO × | +24.75% | +27.83% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| KO × |
−0.45%
on 2026-08-18 from 2026-07-29 peak |
−73.73%
on 1982-03-02 from 1973-01-04 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO × | +27.83% |
+27.85% +13.07%/yr |
+45.86% +13.41%/yr |
+48.96% +8.30%/yr |
+98.11% +7.08%/yr |
| Year | KO |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +24.75% |
| 2025 | +12.59% |
| 2024 | +5.83% |
| 2023 | −7.53% |
| 2022 | +3.89% |
| 2021 | +4.05% |
| 2020 | +1.09% |
| 2019 | +17.91% |
| 2018 | +4.78% |
| 2017 | +12.01% |
| 2016 | −2.38% |
| 2015 | +4.38% |
| 2014 | +4.48% |
| 2013 | +15.50% |
| 2012 | +4.71% |
| 2011 | +6.30% |
| 2010 | +17.27% |
| 2009 | +26.85% |
| 2008 | −24.17% |
| 2007 | +25.32% |
| 2006 | +20.08% |
| 2005 | −3.96% |
| 2004 | −18.77% |
| 2003 | +15.95% |
| 2002 | −7.69% |
| 2001 | −22.66% |
| 2000 | +2.50% |
| 1999 | −14.46% |
| 1998 | −0.29% |
| 1997 | +25.72% |
| 1996 | +38.66% |
| 1995 | +42.58% |
| 1994 | +14.38% |
| 1993 | +5.40% |
| 1992 | +2.79% |
| 1991 | +70.18% |
| 1990 | +15.65% |
| 1989 | +69.18% |
| 1988 | +15.50% |
| 1987 | −0.79% |
| 1986 | +36.48% |
| 1985 | +36.09% |
| 1984 | +17.63% |
| 1983 | +4.45% |
| 1982 | +54.14% |
| 1981 | +2.19% |
| 1980 | −8.12% |
| 1979 | −26.91% |
| 1978 | +12.63% |
| 1977 | −7.92% |
| 1976 | −5.42% |
| 1975 | +49.30% |
| 1974 | −61.68% |
| 1973 | −20.65% |
| 1972 | +19.16% |
| 1971 | +41.61% |
| 1970 | −0.98% |
| 1969 | +8.29% |
| 1968 | +3.03% |
| 1967 | +43.56% |
| 1966 | +0.69% |
| 1965 | +20.00% |
| 1964 | +20.40% |
| 1963 | +33.50% |
| 1962 | −16.65% |
