Sep. 9 at 4:04 PM
$KO Investors are paying significantly more for Coca-Cola stock
As good a business as Coca-Cola may be, the stock itself is priced at a hefty premium. It's trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 25, which is based on analyst projections of its future earnings. By comparison, PepsiCo's forward P/E is only 15.