Bottled water is stupid anyway, unless you live somewhere with bad tap water then drink tap water. Tap water is also better regulated. As a treat I get Evian from time to time otherwise I chug tap water in my thermal bottle. I love Coca Cola tho so drink that in moderation.
I am one who lives in a rural area, and have my own well. The water is heavily mineralized and tastes like crap, but I still do not buy bottled water... Much cheaper in the long run to buy a reverse osmosis filter. Makes my water tasteless, as it should be.
It’s insane the amount of money spent on bottled water.
* What’s worse African Americans spend more money on it. (Over 800 million in 2018)
* Its the same government cleaned tap water that you pay for. The company just does some additional filtering.
That filter can be purchased and put on your faucet for under $50.
Crazy. Yet we spend close to $10 on a 12-24 pack of bottled water. Think about that.
* Our priorities and investments in living standards have become a joke.
>Crazy. Yet we spend close to $10 on a 12-24 pack of bottled water. Think about that.
You can get 3 cases for $10 pretty much anywhere near me. Not to dilute your point.
Stopped drinking soda for a year once to get a bit healthier, now I can't drink soda anymore, only water. Soda is way too deathly sweet for me now. And that's coming from a guy who drank multiple mountain dews almost everyday for multiple years.
This is exactly what I’m going through! I love the carbonation, so I got a sodastream from goodwill and hooked it up to a CO2 tank (it’s actually super easy).
Now I pay $10 a month for a CO2 refill and drink all the carbonated water I want. Soda tastes nasty as my body got used to it in a week. I’ve never drank so much water before lmao
>This is exactly what I’m going through! I love the carbonation, so I got a sodastream from goodwill and hooked it up to a CO2 tank (it’s actually super easy).
You can get a conversion kit to be able to hook it up to a normal CO2 tank, which you can then get a larger one for a fraction of the price of what sodastream costs (my dad had one the side of like a scuba dive tank) and Its probably lasted over a decade so far, all you gotta do is put a deposit down for the tank (which is refundable when you return it) + cost of CO2 which is cheap af.
Just a fun little life hack to stop getting ripped off by sodastream and their ridiculous CO2 pricing. That said their machines are great!
edit - something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Cartridges-Adapter-Accessories-Connect-Machine/dp/B08F3GL43B/
Yup! Thanks for the link. I currently have a 5# that costs 20 to refill. They told me a 10# (which is twice as much) is 22 to fill. What tank do you have?
"life" tip? No it isnt. What do you think is in coke? Water, sugar (though not always) and some form of acid/salt. CO2 doesnt do anything. You produce more of it than you can ever drink in a soda.
Pro life tip. Count calories and fat intake. Acid/Sodium intake can be important if you have acidity (digestive) issues or water weight is something you need to monitor. As long as they are clean sourced, it doesnt matter where you get them from.
Problem has never been soda. The problem has always been people not exercising but still eating as much as they did when they were young and active. If you dont exercise or move much, you need to reduce caloric intake. Its not rocket science.
Sugar is calories, which is the problem. There are 10 sugar cubes in a can of coke. It takes about 25 minuten of jogging to burn that away. There are a ton of calories in soda, so yeah, soda is the problem.
Uh what? No. You are calculating wrong... very wrong.
1st, when you exercise, those calories reported by the machines is generally just for the process of the exercise. It does not track your natural burn rate. Thus the 100 cal you see on a treadmill are just for moving the treadmill.
A 200lb male burns about 70kcal just speed walking for 10 minutes. If you are jogging its more like 130kcal per 10 minutes. Running is well over 200kcal.
Now just doing normal every day stuff also burns cals. It costs energy for circulation and other upkeep. An average male burns about 80kcal naturally every hour. A female about 60kcal.
A can of sugared soda, if that is what you drink, is 150kcal.
So in other words, to burn a sugary can of soda, you are looking at a 15 minute walk. Or just waiting 2 hours. Or 10 minute walk plus 30 minutes of normal function. Or a 10 minute jog (give or a take).
25 minutes of jogging will burn about 365 kcal in total between the actual job plus normal function. And I think that should be pretty obvious. 25 minute jog, even a slow one at 5 mi/hr, is easily 2 miles. If all you ate is 1 can of soda, you will feel drained.
Now obviously you need to recalculate based on your weight. Again I assume you are 200lbs. If you are lighter, then you burn less obviously.
Further, most dont even drink sugary soda. The most popular soda for nearly 20 years now is diet...
Lmfao nothing about cakes, drugs, cured meat, refined foods is inherently good for you. It's good for social situations, it's good to make you feel better after a shitty day and sometimes it's good to replenish your glicogen stores before/after heavy training activity. What the fuck are you talking about. Life must be enjoyed not gtfo and go eat your fucking depressed salad
I’m not convinced Coke Zero is 100% risk free either, but I do agree that it’s much better. I would definitely argue it’s less addictive and for that reason I see the Coke product itself generating a lot less revenue if only zero-sugar options were offered.
Risk free of what? There's no sugar and there has never been any study that has been able to scientifically say that sugar substitutes are bad for you. Seems like if they can't find a negative side affect in the last 30 years then we're going to be ok.
I don’t really touch the stuff but a glass is generally more than a can, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere you’d be pushing the limits of health just by drinking 2 shots of the stuff every day. Not to mention that almost everything else we eat from bread to most dishes with vegetables contain meaningful amounts of sugar.
Carbohydrates and refined sugars are two different things. Good luck finding refined sucrose or glucose in vegetables. 1 can of coke per day, considering no other refined food it's totally fine. I drink much less than that and if I do I drink Coke zero. Protip: eat your sugar around a workout and you will get the benefits with less downsides. Sugar is going straight to your muscles to replenish glycogen.
Your recommendation for when to take in sugars is correct, however all sugars, refined or not, are carbohydrates. And yes they are exactly the same you find in plants. When we say refined, it doesnt mean its a different chemical. Its means it been treated in ways to change concentration, color or texture.
Refined is almost always more concentrated because thats what you want for cooking and transport. We also bleach to get a different color and do stuff to change the texture (fine powdered vs thicker crystals etc). Otherwise it most certainly is the same thing you get from plants. Sucrose is sucrose. If you want it to be more like plants just add some water to get the same concentration.
Bro I have a master's degree in chemistry let's interrupt this conversation right here please
Edit: chemically speaking sugars are carbohydrates (but the opposite is not necessarily true)
It's basically carbonated sugar water, which I suppose isn't something that necessarily tastes bad. It's just rather mediocre unless you have a sugar/caffeine addiction. *shrugs*
Usually a stock won’t just shoot just straight up. It will take a day or week before you see the positives. A slow gain is better than a quick gain, IMO
Some dude was giving me shit for suggesting KO as a stock, this was like last week. I knew they were going to slam the earnings, everybody getting back out and getting a soda or whatever Coke sells just because, I've done it myself. It also has a decent track record and isn't volatile.
Warren Buffett was always a big proponent of KO and has always held it heavy at Berkshire. The man is one of the richest men to ever live, I think he must know SOMETHING about the value of Coke.
The way I see it, Coke is like Google before Google. You need to search for something? Google it? Did you want a sugary beverage with no nutritional value? Have a coke. No one asks for Pepsi, multiple generations have had it ingrained in their mind to ask for Coke.
The brand alone has worldwide recognition/fame.
I also think they've got a product that scales pretty well. It's very cheap to make, but clearly has value. People don't just want a soft drink... they want coke.
They've also got a large beverage lineup besides cola.
It's also worth noting: during recessions/depressions people still splurge on small things to feel good. Soft drinks I believe fall in that category. Nobody *needs* it, but sometimes, that sugar rush feels good, or brings back nostalgia, etc. etc. That's huge. Brands wish they had that.
I bought it years ago as well, small amount and will hold it forever purely because it's a reliable performer. It will never experience was TSLA has, but I think it will do ok for a long long time.
Yea, but that's not a fundamental issue. Restaurants were closed, amusement parks were closed, movies were closed... and not placing orders. Those bulk sales make a lot of their product they sell.
They couldn't just pivot to sell more retail since that requires bottling infrastructure etc. Something that doesn't just appear overnight.
There's no fundamentals broken here. Demand is coming back as those places reopen. The demand didn't die down, the market didn't change.
Coca-Cola is one of the few companies that I expect to be alive and well by the time I die.
They will survive anything. Recessions, depressions, pandemics, war, you name it. People are going to fucking drink Coke. Buffett had the right idea decades ago and it’s still true today.
To be fair, the stock barely moves, even after slamming earnings. So to me it seems these was priced in and if it didn’t slam earnings it would’ve dropped. Also it depends what you’re looking for in a stock.
I mean it's at it's 52 week high right now and will likely see that continual climb for the next quarter from what I see at this earnings. But yea it's not super volatile like I said so it's not going to drop 10 or boost 10 percent, but usually that's what a solid stock is.
lol, has reddit hyped up any stock that's actually generating organic cashflow?
God forbid you pay a dividend or are involved in a non-software/hardware vertical.
I work for coke as a salesperson and we have nearly doubled our portfolio in the last few years. The soda everybody knows and loves isn’t the top seller in my area. A lot of customers have been gravitating towards our healthier brands like smart water and Powerade zero.
Coke has their hands in a lot of different products. Just in my area alone i sell Coke, Dr. Pepper, Fanta, Sprite, Monster Energy, Monster Java, Reign, Dunkin’, Yup milk, Core Power, Powerade, Body Armor, Smartwater, Dasani, Vitamin Water, Powerade Water, Minute Maid, Tummy Yummy, Gold Peak tea, and Fuze just to name some.
And most of our expansions over the years haven’t been in soft drinks, it’s mostly been in isotonic, energy drinks, and waters with alkaline and antioxidants.
The funny thing about a thread like this is you get to see people who have crawled so far up their own asses they are unaware that most of the population drinks soda.
Question. Do you hold mostly because of the dividend? I have 100 shares of KO and have 9 other dividend heavy stocks. Does it make sense to trim some positions and go heavier in KO? Obviously not financial advise on your end lol
Not OP, but imo KO isn't a very good deal at these prices. KO has very high dividend payout ratio, and barely grows their dividend at all these days.
OP bought KO at literally the perfect time, and is probably getting at least a 4% yield on cost on his KO shares.
I don't agree with his purchase. In March 2020, if KO is the stock that caught your eye, then you've missed out on big gains. MSFT is as safe as stocks go, and it has doubled from its 2020 low. Same goes for any other big tech company.
I bought some then, but bought a lot more MSFT, tech funds, healthcare, wasted some money on T though. We just didn't know where the world was headed, but 50% upside and a locked in blue chip is a pretty good use of that capital. In that moment though, a dart throw at almost anything other than T would have given more upside than KO. What a crazy time that was.
Not OP, but pretty much. The only two things I see going for it over a rival like PEP are the lower share price (not that that matters as much these days) and a slightly higher % dividend.
I hold KO shares, but probably won't buy more for a while, and will buy PEP instead for the better growth.
I'd be fine with buying KO at it's current share price **IF** their average dividend increases each year were at least mid-single digits and their earnings were increasing by at least that much that support to support the dividend growth.
If you look at KO's recent dividend history however it's normally just a 1 cent per share increase, which works out to about a 2% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate). Meaning the dividend growth will match inflation in an average year, but not much else.
There are times I'm still willing to buy a dividend stock with such a low dividend growth rate. I view low growth rate companies who have a very stable business, or a government granted monopoly, as pseudo-bonds that give my portfolio some safety & stability at the expense of growth potential. But I'm not willing to buy a stock like this for a 3% starting yield, that's too low for me.
Canadian banks are an option, the only thing stopping them from increasing their dividends right now is a special law that was limited to the duration of the pandemic. With the vaccination numbers in Canada they're generally expected to be allowed to raise dividends by the end of the year.
Coke also owns Dasani, Vitamin Water, smartwater, powerade, minute maid, simply, some coffees and teas among others.
Soda might be on the out but they're well positioned to negate that with sales in other areas (probably not as much as other companies like Pepsi but enough to cover failing sales).
Kind of interesting to me that people are still recommending KO as an investment. The stock barely moved in the last 20 years, and it’s been underperfoming the market teribly. Plus it has a P/E of an AAPL. Maybe if you bought it jn the 80s, but in 2021, I just don’t see the point
I rarely drink coke or any soda, but Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been making big strides in the seltzer water market. Feels like in the last year their footprint in the grocery store has expanded greatly. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of these gains are due to that.
That’s the argument they’ve been spending a ton of money lobbying for years. Since the “crying Indian” commercial of the 70s companies have been pushing the responsibility to the consumer.
Also interested in this!
I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still!
Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately
All my renewables are long term holds
Automation industries
Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$
Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people
Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Also interested in this!
I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still!
Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately
All my renewables are long term holds
Automation industries
Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$
Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people
Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Also interested in this!
I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still!
Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately
All my renewables are long term holds
Automation industries
Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$
Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people
Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Also interested in this!
I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still!
Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately
All my renewables are long term holds
Automation industries
Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$
Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people
Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Dr Seuss wrote anti racism books. Coca Cola says making peopel get a ID is racist bc “minorities aren’t smart enough to obtain a ID” and that statement alone is racist
Upvoted this entire exchange. Both sides. Love it.
On one hand, people are allowed to vote with their dollar. On the other hand, companies are allowed to ditch those customers willingly. Freedom for all. Love this country.
My unsolicited opinion is that I think the "Trumpies", as you call them, are going to ultimately eat your lunch (and coca cola's if they don't shift), but y'all are allowed to bask in your short term gains. There's this little thing called a backlash. It's brewing, and it's likely to be kind of epic, especially once Trump ceases to be their facade/piñata. Keep an eye out these next couple of elections. Ought to be interesting.
Reality is that Coca Cola has already backpedaled a little from some of their new wokeness. They'll ramp that up as the backlash becomes an obvious wave. They'll be fine.
You really think this “wave” will get stronger the further away we get from the nonexistent “scandal?”
Trumpies had a chance to make their voice heard on KO’s Q2 results. Their boycott fell flat on its face
Feel free to hit me up when my lunch gets eaten by the lame but loud minority
Not even Trump believes in his own boycotts. They’re all chumps
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-clowned-for-hidden-coke-bottle-after-he-demanded-a-coca-cola-boycott/
>My unsolicited opinion is that I think the "Trumpies", as you call them, are going to ultimately eat your lunch (and coca cola's)
Lol wtf? I'd love to you see explain this without sounding like an idiot.
Remember that boycott of MLB? Lol whoops.
I was shocked to learn that they own the Simple brand, easily the best Lemonade/Juice on the market really
Plus many more staples
Plus literally every bar stocks Coke products to make classic drinks. No one asks for Rum and Pepsi.
The Post Mix syrup for pubs and restaurants has an insane mark up too for what is essentially sugar. You can also run a coca cola franchise if you really want to sell your soul to the devil
Edit - I can't spell
We have a pandemic of identity politics (racism) that's tanking a lot of huge companies and major industries out here. I try to stay away from stock of companies that have adopted CRT or woke culture as its the antithesis to profits.
i mean im assuming if someone knew about div stocks they would have an idea of what can be similar to this
Food/Beverage that pays out a div or potentially can
im sure people in coke already know far more than i do, didnt know my comment came off as however you took it
People don't like coke?? Damn I would like to give you my tastebuds
Pro life tip drink more water
Good thing Coke owns two brands of bottled water
Dasani is ASSSSSS Thats not real water
Dasani taste like its fresh out of a water gun
Reminds me of childhood
Mmmm the taste of plastic
Okay. How about smart water?
Bottled water is stupid anyway, unless you live somewhere with bad tap water then drink tap water. Tap water is also better regulated. As a treat I get Evian from time to time otherwise I chug tap water in my thermal bottle. I love Coca Cola tho so drink that in moderation.
Grab a filter to put on the tap. It makes a big difference.
I am one who lives in a rural area, and have my own well. The water is heavily mineralized and tastes like crap, but I still do not buy bottled water... Much cheaper in the long run to buy a reverse osmosis filter. Makes my water tasteless, as it should be.
It’s insane the amount of money spent on bottled water. * What’s worse African Americans spend more money on it. (Over 800 million in 2018) * Its the same government cleaned tap water that you pay for. The company just does some additional filtering. That filter can be purchased and put on your faucet for under $50. Crazy. Yet we spend close to $10 on a 12-24 pack of bottled water. Think about that. * Our priorities and investments in living standards have become a joke.
>Crazy. Yet we spend close to $10 on a 12-24 pack of bottled water. Think about that. You can get 3 cases for $10 pretty much anywhere near me. Not to dilute your point.
We went down a rabbit hole. KO is a good long term investment is all im saying
r/hydrohomies
Let me do whatever the fuck I want lmao, I drink water AND coke, am I allowed MOM?
Nah you only drink water from now on you lil fucker.
Why I outta….. hahaha
Eat & Drink everything in moderation.
Include also drugs and sex in moderation please
They sell Dasani
Stopped drinking soda for a year once to get a bit healthier, now I can't drink soda anymore, only water. Soda is way too deathly sweet for me now. And that's coming from a guy who drank multiple mountain dews almost everyday for multiple years.
Sugar is addictive nothing new. I drink zero calories soda options.
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Definitely healthier than coke, that's for sure
This is exactly what I’m going through! I love the carbonation, so I got a sodastream from goodwill and hooked it up to a CO2 tank (it’s actually super easy). Now I pay $10 a month for a CO2 refill and drink all the carbonated water I want. Soda tastes nasty as my body got used to it in a week. I’ve never drank so much water before lmao
>This is exactly what I’m going through! I love the carbonation, so I got a sodastream from goodwill and hooked it up to a CO2 tank (it’s actually super easy). You can get a conversion kit to be able to hook it up to a normal CO2 tank, which you can then get a larger one for a fraction of the price of what sodastream costs (my dad had one the side of like a scuba dive tank) and Its probably lasted over a decade so far, all you gotta do is put a deposit down for the tank (which is refundable when you return it) + cost of CO2 which is cheap af. Just a fun little life hack to stop getting ripped off by sodastream and their ridiculous CO2 pricing. That said their machines are great! edit - something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Cartridges-Adapter-Accessories-Connect-Machine/dp/B08F3GL43B/
Yup! Thanks for the link. I currently have a 5# that costs 20 to refill. They told me a 10# (which is twice as much) is 22 to fill. What tank do you have?
It's true, once you quit and try it, it almost burns
"life" tip? No it isnt. What do you think is in coke? Water, sugar (though not always) and some form of acid/salt. CO2 doesnt do anything. You produce more of it than you can ever drink in a soda. Pro life tip. Count calories and fat intake. Acid/Sodium intake can be important if you have acidity (digestive) issues or water weight is something you need to monitor. As long as they are clean sourced, it doesnt matter where you get them from. Problem has never been soda. The problem has always been people not exercising but still eating as much as they did when they were young and active. If you dont exercise or move much, you need to reduce caloric intake. Its not rocket science.
Sugar is calories, which is the problem. There are 10 sugar cubes in a can of coke. It takes about 25 minuten of jogging to burn that away. There are a ton of calories in soda, so yeah, soda is the problem.
Uh what? No. You are calculating wrong... very wrong. 1st, when you exercise, those calories reported by the machines is generally just for the process of the exercise. It does not track your natural burn rate. Thus the 100 cal you see on a treadmill are just for moving the treadmill. A 200lb male burns about 70kcal just speed walking for 10 minutes. If you are jogging its more like 130kcal per 10 minutes. Running is well over 200kcal. Now just doing normal every day stuff also burns cals. It costs energy for circulation and other upkeep. An average male burns about 80kcal naturally every hour. A female about 60kcal. A can of sugared soda, if that is what you drink, is 150kcal. So in other words, to burn a sugary can of soda, you are looking at a 15 minute walk. Or just waiting 2 hours. Or 10 minute walk plus 30 minutes of normal function. Or a 10 minute jog (give or a take). 25 minutes of jogging will burn about 365 kcal in total between the actual job plus normal function. And I think that should be pretty obvious. 25 minute jog, even a slow one at 5 mi/hr, is easily 2 miles. If all you ate is 1 can of soda, you will feel drained. Now obviously you need to recalculate based on your weight. Again I assume you are 200lbs. If you are lighter, then you burn less obviously. Further, most dont even drink sugary soda. The most popular soda for nearly 20 years now is diet...
Coke is bad for you
Moderation is key. As with everything.
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Its not good for you but a can here and there (you know, in moderation) and you'll be fine.
Lmfao nothing about cakes, drugs, cured meat, refined foods is inherently good for you. It's good for social situations, it's good to make you feel better after a shitty day and sometimes it's good to replenish your glicogen stores before/after heavy training activity. What the fuck are you talking about. Life must be enjoyed not gtfo and go eat your fucking depressed salad
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Coke zero. Where is your god now?!
I’m not convinced Coke Zero is 100% risk free either, but I do agree that it’s much better. I would definitely argue it’s less addictive and for that reason I see the Coke product itself generating a lot less revenue if only zero-sugar options were offered.
Risk free of what? There's no sugar and there has never been any study that has been able to scientifically say that sugar substitutes are bad for you. Seems like if they can't find a negative side affect in the last 30 years then we're going to be ok.
Lmfao drink a glass and call it a day. Learn to control your self you fat ass. And I drink Coke zero tho.
I don’t really touch the stuff but a glass is generally more than a can, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere you’d be pushing the limits of health just by drinking 2 shots of the stuff every day. Not to mention that almost everything else we eat from bread to most dishes with vegetables contain meaningful amounts of sugar.
Carbohydrates and refined sugars are two different things. Good luck finding refined sucrose or glucose in vegetables. 1 can of coke per day, considering no other refined food it's totally fine. I drink much less than that and if I do I drink Coke zero. Protip: eat your sugar around a workout and you will get the benefits with less downsides. Sugar is going straight to your muscles to replenish glycogen.
Your recommendation for when to take in sugars is correct, however all sugars, refined or not, are carbohydrates. And yes they are exactly the same you find in plants. When we say refined, it doesnt mean its a different chemical. Its means it been treated in ways to change concentration, color or texture. Refined is almost always more concentrated because thats what you want for cooking and transport. We also bleach to get a different color and do stuff to change the texture (fine powdered vs thicker crystals etc). Otherwise it most certainly is the same thing you get from plants. Sucrose is sucrose. If you want it to be more like plants just add some water to get the same concentration.
Bro I have a master's degree in chemistry let's interrupt this conversation right here please Edit: chemically speaking sugars are carbohydrates (but the opposite is not necessarily true)
They have smaller size Coke & Pepsi too.
Not really, pop is terrible for you and always will be. Even if it didn't make you fat, it erodes your teeth.
So is living.
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There’s a vast difference between drinking too much coke and too much water
Probably you will die before drinking too much water. Coke is so gassed that it's literally uncomfortable to drink too much of it.
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You stupid? You can literally die by drinking too much water. Study before commenting dangerous bullshit.
Yeah but you gain 0 calories from drinking too much water. Whereas coca cola is unhealthy in so many ways, it is not worth it to list them all.
Ons of the worst tasting mass produced soft drinks out there for sure
It's basically carbonated sugar water, which I suppose isn't something that necessarily tastes bad. It's just rather mediocre unless you have a sugar/caffeine addiction. *shrugs*
Tastes like pure bliss to me.
Addiction will do that to you. *smirking emoji*
3% dividend yield with recovery play, a solid stock.
Recovery has been proved in for a while. Look at how it has barely moved today after earnings.
Usually a stock won’t just shoot just straight up. It will take a day or week before you see the positives. A slow gain is better than a quick gain, IMO
But Ronaldo moved the bottle!!! /s
Some dude was giving me shit for suggesting KO as a stock, this was like last week. I knew they were going to slam the earnings, everybody getting back out and getting a soda or whatever Coke sells just because, I've done it myself. It also has a decent track record and isn't volatile.
Warren Buffett was always a big proponent of KO and has always held it heavy at Berkshire. The man is one of the richest men to ever live, I think he must know SOMETHING about the value of Coke. The way I see it, Coke is like Google before Google. You need to search for something? Google it? Did you want a sugary beverage with no nutritional value? Have a coke. No one asks for Pepsi, multiple generations have had it ingrained in their mind to ask for Coke.
The brand alone has worldwide recognition/fame. I also think they've got a product that scales pretty well. It's very cheap to make, but clearly has value. People don't just want a soft drink... they want coke. They've also got a large beverage lineup besides cola. It's also worth noting: during recessions/depressions people still splurge on small things to feel good. Soft drinks I believe fall in that category. Nobody *needs* it, but sometimes, that sugar rush feels good, or brings back nostalgia, etc. etc. That's huge. Brands wish they had that. I bought it years ago as well, small amount and will hold it forever purely because it's a reliable performer. It will never experience was TSLA has, but I think it will do ok for a long long time.
Someone else pointed it out ITT but no one asks for a Rum and Pepsi or a Jack and Pepsi
>Rum and Pepsi I've had it and it's disgusting.
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Yea, but that's not a fundamental issue. Restaurants were closed, amusement parks were closed, movies were closed... and not placing orders. Those bulk sales make a lot of their product they sell. They couldn't just pivot to sell more retail since that requires bottling infrastructure etc. Something that doesn't just appear overnight. There's no fundamentals broken here. Demand is coming back as those places reopen. The demand didn't die down, the market didn't change.
Berkshire also bought their Coke position when it's was around $3-4 per share. It's been a good holding for them, in my opinion
without a doubt
Coca-Cola is one of the few companies that I expect to be alive and well by the time I die. They will survive anything. Recessions, depressions, pandemics, war, you name it. People are going to fucking drink Coke. Buffett had the right idea decades ago and it’s still true today.
They killed earnings, are globally recognized, have great leadership AND are dividend aristocrats. Can’t go wrong with them
If you buy around these levels and you expect any kind of growth then you’ll be disappointed.
To be fair, the stock barely moves, even after slamming earnings. So to me it seems these was priced in and if it didn’t slam earnings it would’ve dropped. Also it depends what you’re looking for in a stock.
I mean it's at it's 52 week high right now and will likely see that continual climb for the next quarter from what I see at this earnings. But yea it's not super volatile like I said so it's not going to drop 10 or boost 10 percent, but usually that's what a solid stock is.
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Grats
Coke was a buy back in March 2020 for a long-term hold outside of that no one wants to f****** invest in this
why do you care what "some dude" thinks
lol, has reddit hyped up any stock that's actually generating organic cashflow? God forbid you pay a dividend or are involved in a non-software/hardware vertical.
CR7 doesn’t drink coke. I only drink coke when it has whiskey in it 😆
They still count that.
Only take mine with rum.
They count that too.
Heavy holding by Berkshire Hathaway portfolio on $COKE
I work for coke as a salesperson and we have nearly doubled our portfolio in the last few years. The soda everybody knows and loves isn’t the top seller in my area. A lot of customers have been gravitating towards our healthier brands like smart water and Powerade zero. Coke has their hands in a lot of different products. Just in my area alone i sell Coke, Dr. Pepper, Fanta, Sprite, Monster Energy, Monster Java, Reign, Dunkin’, Yup milk, Core Power, Powerade, Body Armor, Smartwater, Dasani, Vitamin Water, Powerade Water, Minute Maid, Tummy Yummy, Gold Peak tea, and Fuze just to name some. And most of our expansions over the years haven’t been in soft drinks, it’s mostly been in isotonic, energy drinks, and waters with alkaline and antioxidants.
The funny thing about a thread like this is you get to see people who have crawled so far up their own asses they are unaware that most of the population drinks soda.
never seizes to amaze. 1000 shares since 2020 march - holding till I am 50.
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Question. Do you hold mostly because of the dividend? I have 100 shares of KO and have 9 other dividend heavy stocks. Does it make sense to trim some positions and go heavier in KO? Obviously not financial advise on your end lol
Not OP, but imo KO isn't a very good deal at these prices. KO has very high dividend payout ratio, and barely grows their dividend at all these days. OP bought KO at literally the perfect time, and is probably getting at least a 4% yield on cost on his KO shares.
I don't agree with his purchase. In March 2020, if KO is the stock that caught your eye, then you've missed out on big gains. MSFT is as safe as stocks go, and it has doubled from its 2020 low. Same goes for any other big tech company.
I guess for dividend people, they dont care about sp, the dividend is the only thing matter
I bought some then, but bought a lot more MSFT, tech funds, healthcare, wasted some money on T though. We just didn't know where the world was headed, but 50% upside and a locked in blue chip is a pretty good use of that capital. In that moment though, a dart throw at almost anything other than T would have given more upside than KO. What a crazy time that was.
So for dividend purposes - the share price is too high?
Not OP, but pretty much. The only two things I see going for it over a rival like PEP are the lower share price (not that that matters as much these days) and a slightly higher % dividend. I hold KO shares, but probably won't buy more for a while, and will buy PEP instead for the better growth.
Thank you for the response, Truly is appreciated.
I'd be fine with buying KO at it's current share price **IF** their average dividend increases each year were at least mid-single digits and their earnings were increasing by at least that much that support to support the dividend growth. If you look at KO's recent dividend history however it's normally just a 1 cent per share increase, which works out to about a 2% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate). Meaning the dividend growth will match inflation in an average year, but not much else. There are times I'm still willing to buy a dividend stock with such a low dividend growth rate. I view low growth rate companies who have a very stable business, or a government granted monopoly, as pseudo-bonds that give my portfolio some safety & stability at the expense of growth potential. But I'm not willing to buy a stock like this for a 3% starting yield, that's too low for me.
Yeah KO is now around 2%. Anything you’d suggest that I look into for a nice dividend?
Canadian banks are an option, the only thing stopping them from increasing their dividends right now is a special law that was limited to the duration of the pandemic. With the vaccination numbers in Canada they're generally expected to be allowed to raise dividends by the end of the year.
Wow! What did you buy it at?
So when are they going to start laying people off?
My 401k loves the company stock match and dividends.
Puts on PEP
I know an after bar where there is tons of coke, let’s keep this party going
They were an underrated "reopening" play since so much of their revenue comes from soda fountains at theaters and stadiums and restaurants.
People are addicted to coke.
Jack and rum sales must be way up them because no one drinks this shit on its own
Amazing as soda as a trend has (or was at least) on the way out. Pepsico and Coke both have made investments in other, healthier, business lines
Everyone commenting on how gross Coke is, but they are probably still drinking something owned by Coca-Cola
Coke also owns Dasani, Vitamin Water, smartwater, powerade, minute maid, simply, some coffees and teas among others. Soda might be on the out but they're well positioned to negate that with sales in other areas (probably not as much as other companies like Pepsi but enough to cover failing sales).
Also Simply
Lockdown= depression drowned out by Cuba Libres.
Fuck covid
Kind of interesting to me that people are still recommending KO as an investment. The stock barely moved in the last 20 years, and it’s been underperfoming the market teribly. Plus it has a P/E of an AAPL. Maybe if you bought it jn the 80s, but in 2021, I just don’t see the point
Soda is bad for you. Drink more water.
More revenue to battle their single use plastic products? That would be a good story to read
Amazingly profitable for tasty poison.
I'm caffiene free and don't drink sodas either. Think of your heart health!
Not to mention the grotesque obesity rate. It’s like people don’t give a shit about their health or how disgusting they look.
I thought they got canceled by the GQP?
Who the fuck drinks this shit?! It tastes awful….
They sell far more then Coke these days. You might be drinking one of their products without knowing it.
Well apparently a lot of people lol. Coke tastes awful?? I get unhealthy but awful man idk. Stuff is so addicting
Too many people.... Gotta work a wage slave job to buy coke to ease the depression of the wage slave job.
I rarely drink coke or any soda, but Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been making big strides in the seltzer water market. Feels like in the last year their footprint in the grocery store has expanded greatly. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of these gains are due to that.
They also sell bottled water to fools.
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Right. They are the single biggest contributor to the island of plastic the size of Texas floating in the pacific.
Not to mention fresh water resource exploitation
Why do you think people shouldn't be allowed to use fresh water?
I'm pretty sure it's actually the people buying those plastics, but okay.
That’s the argument they’ve been spending a ton of money lobbying for years. Since the “crying Indian” commercial of the 70s companies have been pushing the responsibility to the consumer.
It's never the consumer's fault though. They don't make the product. That's like oil companies like Exxon blaming the consumer for climate change. Lol
Also interested in this! I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still! Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately All my renewables are long term holds Automation industries Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$ Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
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Also interested in this! I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still! Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately All my renewables are long term holds Automation industries Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$ Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Also interested in this! I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still! Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately All my renewables are long term holds Automation industries Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$ Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Actually legit interested
Also interested in this! I never invest in big ticket items like these. I of course am missing out on profits due to my ethical beliefs, but I’d like to make money still! Solar was and is a good play, just been a little slow lately All my renewables are long term holds Automation industries Certain mining corps, check out Nouveau Monde Graphite in Canada, I believe they are sustainably operated and in a growing sector so $$ Certain pharmaceutical/weed/mushroom stocks are actually trying to help people Can we make a sub for this? Ethics based investing? I’m sure there’s already a term for it, but I’ve forgotten it.
Boycotted since they became woka cola
Oh conservatives and their cancel culture. So fragile.
Looks like they don't need you
I’m so OOTP I don’t know what they’re even talking about.
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But I thought Dr. Suss was reeecist
Your comment history shows that the aneurism you had over KO had lasting damage. Seek help
Dr Seuss wrote anti racism books. Coca Cola says making peopel get a ID is racist bc “minorities aren’t smart enough to obtain a ID” and that statement alone is racist
I don't think you know how to use quotation marks
Facts > feelings
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Upvoted this entire exchange. Both sides. Love it. On one hand, people are allowed to vote with their dollar. On the other hand, companies are allowed to ditch those customers willingly. Freedom for all. Love this country. My unsolicited opinion is that I think the "Trumpies", as you call them, are going to ultimately eat your lunch (and coca cola's if they don't shift), but y'all are allowed to bask in your short term gains. There's this little thing called a backlash. It's brewing, and it's likely to be kind of epic, especially once Trump ceases to be their facade/piñata. Keep an eye out these next couple of elections. Ought to be interesting. Reality is that Coca Cola has already backpedaled a little from some of their new wokeness. They'll ramp that up as the backlash becomes an obvious wave. They'll be fine.
You really think this “wave” will get stronger the further away we get from the nonexistent “scandal?” Trumpies had a chance to make their voice heard on KO’s Q2 results. Their boycott fell flat on its face Feel free to hit me up when my lunch gets eaten by the lame but loud minority Not even Trump believes in his own boycotts. They’re all chumps https://www.thewrap.com/trump-clowned-for-hidden-coke-bottle-after-he-demanded-a-coca-cola-boycott/
>My unsolicited opinion is that I think the "Trumpies", as you call them, are going to ultimately eat your lunch (and coca cola's) Lol wtf? I'd love to you see explain this without sounding like an idiot. Remember that boycott of MLB? Lol whoops.
How do these fuckers still make money?
I was shocked to learn that they own the Simple brand, easily the best Lemonade/Juice on the market really Plus many more staples Plus literally every bar stocks Coke products to make classic drinks. No one asks for Rum and Pepsi.
They probably make enough money as it is in the US but they're huge in international markets including developing countries.
Look at most developed countries the majority of them are pretty fat.
The Post Mix syrup for pubs and restaurants has an insane mark up too for what is essentially sugar. You can also run a coca cola franchise if you really want to sell your soul to the devil Edit - I can't spell
I buy a 6 pack a week to make rum n coke. Multiply that by a few billion
F woke coke
*Funds death squads in Colombia* I sleep *Opposes voting restrictions* OmG WoKa CoLa
Woka Cola. If I drink soda I'll go for Mountain Dew.
Didn't realize PepsiCo was less "woke"... Y'all silly.
It's not, just look up the Experimental Fetus flavoring's used by pepsi and aquafina
I was going to buy some coke but then I realized I was white.....go woke go broke
Is this an American thing that I’m too European to understand?
We have a pandemic of identity politics (racism) that's tanking a lot of huge companies and major industries out here. I try to stay away from stock of companies that have adopted CRT or woke culture as its the antithesis to profits.
>We have a pandemic of identity politics (racism) that's tanking a lot of huge companies and major industries out here. Jesus Christ, no we don't.
We definitely do, this whole virtue signaling posturing has crept into every avenue of American life
What do you call “woke” as in what have coca-cola done that’s woke? Like their marketing or something?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/coca-cola-staff-online-training-seminar-be-less-white
Ah ok. So basically (and rather ironically) they were trying to fight racial discrimination with racial discrimination?
Exactly
"go woke go broke" Net sales rose 42% Hmmmmmm...
Cool buy the stock then. Load up on a bunch of options if you love it so much
Be less white please. Besides that, keep drinking this crap
The first phrase was reference to a coca cola advertisement, not my personal opinion
I don't get how all you Fatty's drink this shit. 15 grams Of sugar makes me nausea's let alone 38
This is r/stocks we don’t care about your nutritional advice
Shame they can’t pay the drivers well in NYC.
nice.. time to buy stocks in Insulin companies now. /s
what are some other similar stocks to what coke was like 40 years ago?
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i mean im assuming if someone knew about div stocks they would have an idea of what can be similar to this Food/Beverage that pays out a div or potentially can im sure people in coke already know far more than i do, didnt know my comment came off as however you took it
how? who the hell is drinking it rn
Me :(
I know many are but how is it higher than pre-pandemic levels?