Growth Metrics

Coca Cola (KO) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Coca Cola (KO) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.2% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.27%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.27%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.2% in Q4 2025 per KO's latest filing, down from 0.3% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.3% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.17% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.24%, with a median of 0.25% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: decreased -9bps in 2022, then rose 11bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.26% in 2021, then fell by -22bps to 0.2% in 2022, then decreased by -10bps to 0.18% in 2023, then increased by 5bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.2% in Q4 2025, 0.3% in Q3 2025, and 0.3% in Q2 2025.