Coca-Cola dividends paid against earnings and operating cash flow, by fiscal year
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-10-08, from KO Dividend History: Coca-Cola Payouts by Year.
| year | dividends_paid_bn | operating_cash_flow_bn | payout_of_earnings_pct | payout_of_operating_cash_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4.97 | 10.54 | 57.6 | 47.1 |
| 2014 | 5.35 | 10.62 | 75.1 | 50.4 |
| 2015 | 5.74 | 10.53 | 77.9 | 54.5 |
| 2016 | 6.04 | 8.79 | 92.3 | 68.7 |
| 2017 | 6.32 | 7.04 | 492.6 | 89.8 |
| 2018 | 6.64 | 7.63 | 102.6 | 87.1 |
| 2019 | 6.84 | 10.47 | 76.2 | 65.4 |
| 2020 | 7.05 | 9.84 | 90.7 | 71.6 |
| 2021 | 7.25 | 12.62 | 74 | 57.4 |
| 2022 | 7.62 | 11.02 | 79.6 | 69.1 |
| 2023 | 7.95 | 11.6 | 74.3 | 68.6 |
| 2024 | 8.36 | 6.8 | 78.5 | 122.8 |
| 2025 | 8.78 | 7.41 | 66.8 | 118.5 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
number | 2,013 to 2,025 | |
dividends_paid_bn |
number | 4.97 to 8.78 | |
operating_cash_flow_bn |
number | 6.8 to 12.62 | |
payout_of_earnings_pct |
number | 57.6 to 492.6 | percent |
payout_of_operating_cash_pct |
number | 47.1 to 122.8 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH annuals AS
(
SELECT
toUInt16(fiscal_year) AS yr,
argMax(abs(dividends), (filing_date, period_end)) AS divs,
argMax(net_cash_from_operating_activities, (filing_date, period_end)) AS ocf,
argMax(net_income, (filing_date, period_end)) AS ni
FROM global_markets.stocks_cash_flow_statements
WHERE has(tickers, 'KO')
AND timeframe = 'annual'
AND period_end >= toDate('2013-01-01')
GROUP BY yr
)
SELECT
yr AS year,
round(toFloat64(divs) / 1e9, 2) AS dividends_paid_bn,
round(toFloat64(ocf) / 1e9, 2) AS operating_cash_flow_bn,
round(100 * toFloat64(divs) / toFloat64(ni), 1) AS payout_of_earnings_pct,
round(100 * toFloat64(divs) / toFloat64(ocf), 1) AS payout_of_operating_cash_pct
FROM annuals
WHERE ni > 0 AND ocf > 0 AND divs > 0
ORDER BY year
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