---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-047121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COKE"
cik: "0000317540"
company_name: "Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:46:14.907134+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coca-Cola Consolidated Q3: net sales +7%, operating income +9%, EPS $1.64 (+24%), adjusted EPS $2.06 (+10%)

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.888B (+7%), gross profit $749M (+7.2%), gross margin 39.6% (+10 bps).
- Operating income $247M (+9%), operating margin 13.1% (+20 bps); reported EPS $1.64, adjusted EPS $2.06.
- Volume +3.3%: Sparkling +1.4% (zero-sugar, flavors), Still +8.9% (Monster, Powerade, smartwater).
- YTD cash from ops $723M; $210M capex YTD; FY2025 capex expected ~$300M.
- Returned $133M to stockholders in Q3 ($111M buybacks, $22M dividends); $211M YTD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-047121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COKE
- cik: 0000317540
- company_name: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000162828025047121/0001628280-25-047121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000162828025047121/coke-20251029.htm

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