---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-053365"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COKE"
cik: "0000317540"
company_name: "Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:13:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:14:07.696558+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coca-Cola Consolidated Q2 net sales up 11% to $2.05B; net income down 15% on aluminum cost headwinds

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $2,052M (+10.6% YoY); volume +7.6% driven by Sparkling and Still growth.
- Q2 gross margin fell 210 bps to 37.9% due to ~$45M higher aluminum costs from tariffs and supply constraints.
- Q2 income from operations flat at $271M; adjusted up 6% to $285M; net income $159M (-15%).
- First half 2026: net sales $3,899M (+13.5%); income from operations $509M (+10.2%).
- Repaid $275M of term loans in first half; capex expected ~$300M for full year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-053365
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COKE
- cik: 0000317540
- company_name: Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:13:40+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000162828026053365/0001628280-26-053365-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000162828026053365/coke-20260805.htm

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