secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (COKE)
CIK:        0000317540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000317540-23-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Coca-Cola Consolidated Q3 net sales up 5% to $1.71B; operating income up 14%; net debt free for first time in 40 years
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- Q3 net sales $1.71B (+5% YoY); operating income $216M (+14% YoY); adjusted net income $164M vs $139M.
- Achieved net debt free status (cash > debt) for first time in ~40 years.
- Sparkling volume flat, Still volume down 5.4%; introduced Bang Energy into portfolio.
- Expect sales growth to slow in Q4 as fully cycle 2022 price increases; FY 2023 capex guidance $250-300M.
- Recorded non-cash pension settlement charge of $77.3M in Q3 ($117.1M YTD) impacting GAAP net income.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000048/0000317540-23-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000031754023000048/coke-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000317540-23-000048

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