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What If You Had Invested in Coca-Cola 10 Years Ago?
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
KO $95.73 ▼ -0.07% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in KO in November 2016, today it would be worth
$3,208
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into KO since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$122,735
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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KO live price chart
KO returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.5300 | +0.0% | ||
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.5300 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.5300 | +3.9% | ||
| Dec 01, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% | ||
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% | ||
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.5100 | +5.2% | ||
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% | ||
| Sep 13, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% | ||
| Jun 14, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.4850 | +5.4% | ||
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.4600 | — |
KO year by year
Best full year: 1989 (+77.0%). Worst: 2008 (-24.1%).
| Year | KO | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +39.6% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +15.6% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +8.9% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | -4.4% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | +10.6% | -18.2% | Consumer staples held up well as the broad market fell. |
| 2021 | +11.4% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +2.5% | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +20.6% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | +6.8% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +14.4% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | -0.4% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | +5.1% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +5.3% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +17.2% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +6.5% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +9.5% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +19.0% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +30.3% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -24.1% | -36.8% | Coca-Cola fell less than the market during the financial crisis. |
| 2007 | +30.5% | +5.1% |
KO: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 360 (73%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 4 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in June 1998, when it finished the year 26% ahead.
Worst drop
KO's worst fall in this history was -49.7%, a deep bear-market fall, from June 1998 to February 2003. Getting back to the old high took until December 2010: 94 months from the bottom and 12.5 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $503 at the low.
Coca-Cola dividends
KO paid $2.10 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $95.73 that is 2.19%, a moderate yield. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +4.5% a year, steadily. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.04 | +5.2% | 2.92% |
| 2024 | $1.94 | +5.4% | 3.12% |
| 2023 | $1.84 | +4.5% | 3.12% |
| 2022 | $1.76 | +4.8% | 2.77% |
| 2021 | $1.68 | +2.4% | 2.84% |
| 2020 | $1.64 | +2.5% | 2.99% |
| 2019 | $1.60 | +2.6% | 2.89% |
| 2018 | $1.56 | +5.4% | 3.29% |
| 2017 | $1.48 | +5.7% | 3.23% |
| 2016 | $1.40 | +6.1% | 3.38% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
KO dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.5300 | +0.0% |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.5300 | +0.0% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.5300 | +3.9% |
| Dec 01, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.5100 | +0.0% |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.5100 | +5.2% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% |
| Sep 13, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $0.4850 | +0.0% |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.4850 | +5.4% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.4600 | — |
Stock splits
- February 1965: 2-for-1
- June 1968: 2-for-1
- June 1977: 2-for-1
- July 1986: 3-for-1
- May 1990: 2-for-1
- May 1992: 2-for-1
- May 1996: 2-for-1
- August 2012: 2-for-1
One share bought before 1965 is 384 shares today.
About Coca-Cola
| Company | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Listed | 1919 (NYSE) |
| Sector | Consumer staples (beverages) |
| Dividend | Raised every year for 60+ years |
Coca-Cola sells soft drinks, water, juice, coffee and sports drinks in more than 200 countries. It mostly sells concentrate to bottlers rather than bottling drinks itself, which keeps its profit margins high.
Coca-Cola has raised its dividend every year for more than six decades, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has owned a large stake since 1988. Much of KO's long-term return has come from dividends, so the dividend-reinvested numbers here are much higher than its price chart alone suggests.
Questions about KO
How much would $10,000 invested in KO 20 years ago be worth today?
About $74,455 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 644.6% in total, or 10.6% a year.
When does KO pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in March, June, September and December, $2.10 per share in total.
Did KO beat the S&P 500?
Almost exactly tied. Over the last 20 years the gap was 0.1 percentage points a year: +10.6% a year for KO against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. Its worst fall was about the same as SPY's.