Is Coca-Cola (KO) the Best Stock of 2025?
Coca-Cola (KO) stock has impressed investors in the first half of 2025 with a 16.38% rally year-to-date. It's also outperformed all of the major stock indices. This has some investors wondering if KO will be the best stock of 2025.
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While Coca-Cola has seen major gains in 2025 and is likely to continue this positive trend, it isn't the best stock of the year. In fact, Coca-Cola doesn't even make it into the top 10.
What Are the Best Stocks of 2025?
Looking at stocks listed on the S&P 500 (SPX), there are several others that have brought in larger gains than KO stock on a year-to-date basis.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) stock has rocketed 56.6%.
CVS Health (CVS) stock has surged 48.6%.
Philip Morris International (PM) stock has rallied 42.4%.
Newmont (NEM) stock has increased 41.5%.
VeriSign (VRSN) stock grew 36.3%.
Uber Technologies (UBER) stock got a 34.3% boost.
Cencora (COR) stock climbed 30.3%.
Netflix (NFLX) stock jumped 27%.
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) stock soared 26.7%.
Howmet Aerospace (HWM) stock was up 26.7%.
Of course, plenty of other stocks outside the S&P 500 have seen larger gains in 2025. However, stocks included on the index have proven track records and are less likely to experience extreme volatility. This list may also change as the second half of the year could bring catalysts that affect shares listed on it.
Is Coca-Cola Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Even without being one of the top stocks of 2025, analysts are bullish on Coca-Cola with a consensus Strong Buy rating, based on 15 Buy and one Hold ratings over the past three months. With that comes an average KO stock price target of $79.33, representing a potential 10.36% upside for the shares.
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