Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 1. Financial Statements
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Net Operating Revenues $ 12,455 $ 11,854 $ 36,119 $ 35,517
Cost of goods sold 4,797 4,664 13,674 13,711
Gross Profit 7,658 7,190 22,445 21,806
Selling, general and administrative expenses 3,618 3,636 10,322 10,536
Other operating charges 58 1,044 202 3,987
Operating Income 3,982 2,510 11,921 7,283
Interest income 185 263 553 784
Interest expense 391 425 1,223 1,225
Equity income (loss) — net 644 541 1,556 1,432
Other income (loss) — net ( 237 ) 491 229 2,006
Income Before Income Taxes 4,183 3,380 13,036 10,280
Income taxes 500 530 2,215 1,844
Consolidated Net Income 3,683 2,850 10,821 8,436
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests ( 13 ) 2 ( 15 ) —
Net Income Attributable to Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company $ 3,696 $ 2,848 $ 10,836 $ 8,436
Basic Net Income Per Share 1
$ 0.86 $ 0.66 $ 2.52 $ 1.96
Diluted Net Income Per Share 1
$ 0.86 $ 0.66 $ 2.51 $ 1.95
Average Shares Outstanding — Basic 4,303 4,311 4,303 4,310
Effect of dilutive securities 10 12 11 11
Average Shares Outstanding — Diluted 4,313 4,323 4,314 4,321
1 Calculated based on net income attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company.
Refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In millions)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Consolidated Net Income $ 3,683 $ 2,850 $ 10,821 $ 8,436
Other Comprehensive Income:
Net foreign currency translation adjustments 437 228 2,159 ( 1,089 )
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 152 ( 218 ) ( 449 ) ( 51 )
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 9 3 32 ( 19 )
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities 7 ( 10 ) 27 13
Total Comprehensive Income 4,288 2,853 12,590 7,290
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests ( 214 ) 83 ( 137 ) 115
Total Comprehensive Income Attributable to Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company $ 4,502 $ 2,770 $ 12,727 $ 7,175
Refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions except par value)
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 12,732 $ 10,828
Short-term investments 1,142 2,020
Total Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments 13,874 12,848
Marketable securities 1,907 1,723
Trade accounts receivable, less allowances of $ 520 and $ 506 , respectively
3,946 3,569
Inventories 4,802 4,728
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,718 3,129
Total Current Assets 27,247 25,997
Equity method investments 20,323 18,087
Deferred income tax assets 1,267 1,319
Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $ 9,873 and $ 9,570 , respectively
10,902 10,303
Trademarks with indefinite lives 13,515 13,301
Goodwill 18,662 18,139
Other noncurrent assets 14,129 13,403
Total Assets $ 106,045 $ 100,549
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 17,692 $ 21,715
Loans and notes payable 2,319 1,499
Current maturities of long-term debt 1,920 648
Accrued income taxes 568 1,387
Total Current Liabilities 22,499 25,249
Long-term debt 43,177 42,375
Other noncurrent liabilities 4,667 4,084
Deferred income tax liabilities 2,435 2,469
The Coca-Cola Company Shareowners’ Equity
Common stock, $ 0.25 par value; authorized — 11,200 shares; issued — 7,040 shares
1,760 1,760
Capital surplus 20,489 19,801
Reinvested earnings 80,305 76,054
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ( 14,952 ) ( 16,843 )
Treasury stock, at cost — 2,738 and 2,738 shares, respectively
( 56,355 ) ( 55,916 )
Equity Attributable to Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company 31,247 24,856
Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests 2,020 1,516
Total Equity 33,267 26,372
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 106,045 $ 100,549
Refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Operating Activities
Consolidated net income $ 10,821 $ 8,436
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 814 799
Stock-based compensation expense 204 207
Deferred income taxes 496 —
Equity (income) loss — net of dividends ( 859 ) ( 693 )
Foreign currency adjustments 127 ( 61 )
Significant (gains) losses — net ( 396 ) ( 1,722 )
Other operating charges 38 3,874
Other items 447 ( 143 )
Net change in operating assets and liabilities ( 8,040 ) ( 7,843 )
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities 3,652 2,854
Investing Activities
Purchases of investments ( 3,292 ) ( 4,398 )
Proceeds from disposals of investments 4,300 5,125
Acquisitions of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities ( 356 ) ( 153 )
Proceeds from disposals of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities 1,020 3,468
Purchases of property, plant and equipment ( 1,230 ) ( 1,261 )
Proceeds from disposals of property, plant and equipment 21 33
Collateral (paid) received associated with hedging activities — net 300 299
Other investing activities 214 194
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities 977 3,307
Financing Activities
Issuances of loans, notes payable and long-term debt 4,854 11,298
Payments of loans, notes payable and long-term debt ( 4,166 ) ( 7,925 )
Issuances of stock 243 717
Purchases of stock for treasury ( 644 ) ( 1,228 )
Dividends ( 4,391 ) ( 4,274 )
Proceeds from sale of a noncontrolling interest 1,277 —
Other financing activities ( 261 ) ( 14 )
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities ( 3,088 ) ( 1,426 )
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents
335 ( 266 )
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period 1,876 4,469
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period 11,488 9,692
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents at End of Period 13,364 14,161
Less: Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period 632 223
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period $ 12,732 $ 13,938
Refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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THE COCA-COLA COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. However, except as disclosed herein, there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Coca-Cola Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.
When used in these notes, the terms “The Coca-Cola Company,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean The Coca-Cola Company and all entities included in our consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025. Sales of our ready-to-drink beverages are somewhat seasonal, with the second and third calendar quarters typically accounting for the highest sales volumes. The volume of sales in the beverage business may be affected by weather conditions.
Each of our quarterly reporting periods, other than the fourth quarter, ends on the Friday closest to the last day of the corresponding quarterly calendar period. The third quarter of 2025 and the third quarter of 2024 ended on September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, respectively. Our fourth quarter and our fiscal year end on December 31 regardless of the day of the week on which December 31 falls.
Advertising Costs
The Company’s accounting policy related to advertising costs for annual reporting purposes is to expense production costs of print, radio, television and other advertisements as of the first date the advertisements take place. All other marketing expenditures are expensed in the annual period in which the expenditure is incurred.
For quarterly reporting purposes, we allocate our estimated full year marketing expenditures that benefit multiple quarters to each of those quarters. We use the proportion of each quarter’s actual unit case volume to the estimated full year unit case volume as the basis for the allocation. This methodology results in our marketing expenditures being recognized at a standard rate per unit case. At the end of each quarter, we review our estimated full year unit case volume and our estimated full year marketing expenditures that benefit multiple quarters in order to evaluate if a change in estimate is necessary. The impact of any change in the full year estimate is recognized in the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs. Our full year marketing expenditures are not impacted by this interim accounting policy.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents
We classify time deposits and other investments that are highly liquid and have maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase as cash equivalents or restricted cash equivalents, as applicable. Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents generally consist of amounts held by our captive insurance companies, which are included in the line item other noncurrent assets in our consolidated balance sheet, and when applicable, cash and cash equivalents related to assets held for sale are included in the line item prepaid expenses and other current assets in our consolidated balance sheet. We manage our exposure to counterparty credit risk through specific minimum credit standards, diversification of counterparties and procedures to monitor our concentrations of credit risk. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on our captive insurance companies.
The following tables provide a summary of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents that constitute the total amounts shown in our consolidated statements of cash flows (in millions):
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
Cash and cash equivalents $ 12,732 $ 10,828
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents 632 660
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents $ 13,364 $ 11,488
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September 27,
2024 December 31,
2023
Cash and cash equivalents $ 13,938 $ 9,366
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents 223 326
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents $ 14,161 $ 9,692
NOTE 2: ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
Acquisitions
Our Company’s acquisitions of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities totaled $ 356 million and $ 153 million during the nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, respectively. The activity during 2025 included an additional investment of $ 54 million in an equity method investee in Japan. The activity during the nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024 included $ 271 million and $ 114 million, respectively, of investments in alternative energy limited partnerships. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on these investments.
Divestitures
Proceeds from disposals of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities during the nine months ended September 26, 2025 totaled $ 1,020 million. In March 2025, the Company sold a portion of our ownership interest in Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (“CCEP”), an equity method investee, for which we received cash proceeds of $ 741 million and recognized a net gain of $ 331 million. In May 2025, the Company refranchised our bottling operations in certain territories in India that were held for sale as of December 31, 2024, for which we received net cash proceeds of $ 218 million and recognized a net gain of $ 102 million.
Proceeds from disposals of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities during the nine months ended September 27, 2024 totaled $ 3,468 million. The Company refranchised our bottling operations in certain territories in India in January and February 2024, for which we received net cash proceeds of $ 474 million and recognized a net gain of $ 290 million. In February 2024, the Company refranchised our bottling operations in the Philippines to CCEP and a local business partner, for which we received net cash proceeds of $ 1,652 million and recognized a net gain of $ 595 million. We also sold our ownership interest in an equity method investee in Thailand, for which we received net cash proceeds of $ 718 million and recognized a net gain of $ 506 million. Additionally, the Company refranchised our bottling operations in Bangladesh to Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş., an equity method investee, for which we received net cash proceeds of $ 27 million and a note receivable of $ 29 million and recognized a net loss of $ 18 million, primarily due to the related reclassification of net foreign currency translation adjustments to income. During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recognized an additional loss of $ 14 million related to post-closing adjustments and a corresponding reduction in the outstanding note receivable balance. In July 2024, we sold a portion of our interest in Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (“Coke Consolidated”), an equity method investee, to Coke Consolidated, for which we received cash proceeds of $ 554 million and recognized a net gain of $ 338 million.
These gains and losses were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income.
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
As of September 26, 2025, certain of the Company’s finished product operations in Nigeria, which were included in the Europe, Middle East & Africa operating segment, met the criteria to be classified as held for sale. As a result, we were required to record the related assets and liabilities at the lower of carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell based on the estimated proceeds. As there are significant negative net foreign currency translation adjustments that will be reclassified to income upon sale, the carrying amount of the assets held for sale (including the net foreign currency translation adjustments) exceeded the estimated proceeds, which required us to record an impairment loss in excess of the carrying amount of the assets held for sale (excluding the net foreign currency translation adjustments).
As a result, during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded a charge of $ 393 million, which consisted of a $ 235 million charge to write off the carrying amount of the assets held for sale (excluding the net foreign currency translation adjustments) and a $ 158 million charge to accrue the remaining difference between the carrying amount (including the net foreign currency translation adjustments) and the estimated proceeds. The accrual was recorded in the line item accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet. These charges were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income. The sale of these operations was completed on October 2, 2025.
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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale — Subsequent Event
In October 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell a portion of our interest in our bottling operations in Africa to Coca-Cola HBC AG (“CCHBC”), an equity method investee. Closing is subject to various regulatory approvals and is expected by the end of 2026, upon which we will deconsolidate these bottling operations. We have also agreed to a separate option arrangement for CCHBC to acquire the Company’s remaining 25% ownership interest within a six-year period from closing. As these operations met the criteria to be classified as held for sale during the fourth quarter, we will be required to record the related assets and liabilities at the lower of carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell based on the estimated proceeds. Due to the significant negative net foreign currency translation adjustments that will be reclassified to income upon sale, we will be required to reduce the carrying amount of the assets held for sale, which will result in an impairment charge of approximately $ 1 billion during the fourth quarter of 2025.
The following table presents information related to the major classes of assets and liabilities of our bottling operations in Africa as of September 26, 2025, which were included in the Bottling Investments operating segment, that will be classified as held for sale during the fourth quarter of 2025 (in millions):
September 26, 2025
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments $ 121
Trade accounts receivable, less allowances 393
Inventories 445
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 162
Equity method investments
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Deferred income tax assets 33
Property, plant and equipment — net 1,817
Trademarks with indefinite lives 2
Goodwill 3,206
Other noncurrent assets 52
Assets held for sale $ 6,236
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 641
Loans and notes payable 226
Current maturities of long-term debt 375
Long-term debt 903
Other noncurrent liabilities 139
Deferred income tax liabilities 157
Liabilities held for sale $ 2,441
NOTE 3 : NET OPERATING REVENUES
The following tables present net operating revenues disaggregated between the United States and International and further by line of business (in millions):
United States International Total
Three Months Ended September 26, 2025
Concentrate operations $ 2,375 $ 5,823 $ 8,198
Finished product operations 2,743 1,514 4,257
Total $ 5,118 $ 7,337 $ 12,455
Three Months Ended September 27, 2024
Concentrate operations $ 2,283 $ 4,775 $ 7,058
Finished product operations 2,620 2,176 4,796
Total $ 4,903 $ 6,951 $ 11,854
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United States International Total
Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025
Concentrate operations $ 6,570 $ 17,100 $ 23,670
Finished product operations 7,736 4,713 12,449
Total $ 14,306 $ 21,813 $ 36,119
Nine Months Ended September 27, 2024
Concentrate operations $ 6,686 $ 14,521 $ 21,207
Finished product operations 7,075 7,235 14,310
Total $ 13,761 $ 21,756 $ 35,517
Refer to Note 17 for disclosures of net operating revenues by operating segment and Corporate.
NOTE 4: INVESTMENTS
Equity Securities
The carrying values of our equity securities were included in the following line items in our consolidated balance sheets (in millions):
Fair Value with Changes Recognized in Income Measurement Alternative — No Readily Determinable Fair Value
September 26, 2025
Marketable securities $ 477 $ —
Other noncurrent assets 1,964 44
Total equity securities $ 2,441 $ 44
December 31, 2024
Marketable securities $ 418 $ —
Other noncurrent assets 1,616 40
Total equity securities $ 2,034 $ 40
The calculation of net unrealized gains and losses recognized during the period related to equity securities still held at the end of the period is as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Net gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities $ 165 $ 116
Less: Net gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities sold
during the period
17 18
Net unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities
still held at the end of the period
$ 148 $ 98
Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Net gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities $ 315 $ 351
Less: Net gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities sold
during the period
38 85
Net unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the period related to equity securities
still held at the end of the period
$ 277 $ 266
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Debt Securities
Our debt securities consisted of the following (in millions):
Gross Unrealized Estimated
Fair Value
Cost Gains Losses
September 26, 2025
Trading securities
$ 48 $ 1 $ — $ 49
Available-for-sale securities
1,807 23 ( 74 ) 1,756
Total debt securities
$ 1,855 $ 24 $ ( 74 ) $ 1,805
December 31, 2024
Trading securities
$ 45 $ 1 $ ( 1 ) $ 45
Available-for-sale securities
1,728 21 ( 118 ) 1,631
Total debt securities
$ 1,773 $ 22 $ ( 119 ) $ 1,676
The carrying values of our debt securities were included in the following line items in our consolidated balance sheets (in millions):
September 26, 2025 December 31, 2024
Trading Securities Available-for-Sale Securities Trading Securities Available-for-Sale Securities
Marketable securities
$ 49 $ 1,381 $ 45 $ 1,260
Other noncurrent assets
— 375 — 371
Total debt securities $ 49 $ 1,756 $ 45 $ 1,631
The contractual maturities of these available-for-sale debt securities as of September 26, 2025 were as follows (in millions):
Cost Estimated
Fair Value
Within 1 year $ 405 $ 399
After 1 year through 5 years 1,186 1,147
After 5 years through 10 years 41 47
After 10 years 175 163
Total $ 1,807 $ 1,756
The Company expects that actual maturities may differ from the contractual maturities above because borrowers have the right to call or prepay certain obligations.
The sale and/or maturity of available-for-sale debt securities resulted in the following realized activity (in millions):
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Gross gains $ — $ 9 $ 3 $ 14
Gross losses ( 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 5 ) ( 10 )
Proceeds 397 206 604 646
Captive Insurance Companies
In accordance with local insurance regulations, our consolidated captive insurance companies are required to meet and maintain minimum solvency capital requirements. The Company elected to invest a majority of its solvency capital in a portfolio of marketable equity and debt securities. These securities are included in the disclosures above. The Company uses one of our consolidated captive insurance companies to reinsure group annuity insurance contracts that cover the obligations of certain of our European and Canadian pension plans. This captive’s solvency capital funds included total equity and debt securities of $ 2,219 million and $ 1,883 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which were classified in the line item other noncurrent assets in our consolidated balance sheets because the assets were not available to satisfy our current obligations.
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NOTE 5: INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
Raw materials and packaging $ 2,751 $ 2,794
Finished goods 1,638 1,524
Other 413 410
Total inventories $ 4,802 $ 4,728
NOTE 6: HEDGING TRANSACTIONS AND DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents the fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments that were designated and qualified as part of a hedging relationship (in millions):
Fair Value 1,2
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments Financial Statement Line Item Impacted 1
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
Assets:
Foreign currency contracts Prepaid expenses and other current assets $ 84 $ 311
Foreign currency contracts Other noncurrent assets 31 82
Commodity contracts Prepaid expenses and other current assets — 2
Interest rate contracts Other noncurrent assets 125 27
Total assets $ 240 $ 422
Liabilities:
Foreign currency contracts Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 252 $ 14
Foreign currency contracts Other noncurrent liabilities 56 39
Commodity contracts Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2 —
Interest rate contracts Accounts payable and accrued expenses 23 —
Interest rate contracts Other noncurrent liabilities 722 922
Total liabilities $ 1,055 $ 975
1 All of the Company’s derivative instruments are carried at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets after considering the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties, as applicable. Current disclosure requirements mandate that derivatives must also be disclosed without reflecting the impact of master netting agreements and cash collateral. Refer to Note 16 for the net presentation of the Company’s derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 16 for additional information related to the estimated fair value.
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The following table presents the fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments that were not designated as hedging instruments (in millions):
Fair Value 1,2
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Financial Statement Line Item Impacted 1
September 26,
2025 December 31, 2024
Assets:
Foreign currency contracts Prepaid expenses and other current assets $ 116 $ 152
Foreign currency contracts Other noncurrent assets 26 8
Commodity contracts Prepaid expenses and other current assets 13 7
Commodity contracts Other noncurrent assets 2 —
Other derivative instruments Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2 —
Total assets $ 159 $ 167
Liabilities:
Foreign currency contracts Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 79 $ 86
Foreign currency contracts Other noncurrent liabilities 3 12
Commodity contracts Accounts payable and accrued expenses 16 40
Commodity contracts Other noncurrent liabilities 1 —
Other derivative instruments Accounts payable and accrued expenses 4 6
Total liabilities $ 103 $ 144
1 All of the Company’s derivative instruments are carried at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets after considering the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements and cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties, as applicable. Current disclosure requirements mandate that derivatives must also be disclosed without reflecting the impact of master netting agreements and cash collateral. Refer to Note 16 for the net presentation of the Company’s derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 16 for additional information related to the estimated fair value.
Credit Risk Associated with Derivatives
We have established strict counterparty credit guidelines and enter into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. We monitor counterparty exposures regularly and review any downgrade in credit rating immediately. If a downgrade in the credit rating of a counterparty were to occur, we have provisions requiring collateral for substantially all of our transactions. To mitigate pre-settlement risk, minimum credit standards become more stringent as the duration of the derivative financial instrument increases. In addition, the Company’s master netting agreements reduce credit risk by permitting the Company to net settle for transactions with the same counterparty. To minimize the concentration of credit risk, we enter into derivative transactions with a portfolio of financial institutions. Furthermore, for certain derivative financial instruments, the Company has agreements with counterparties that require collateral to be exchanged based on changes in the fair value of the instruments. The Company classifies collateral payments and receipts as investing cash flows when the collateral account is in an asset position and as financing cash flows when the collateral account is in a liability position. As a result of these factors, we consider the risk of counterparty default to be minimal.
Cash Flow Hedging Strategy
The Company uses cash flow hedges to minimize the variability in cash flows of assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices or interest rates. The changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) and are reclassified into the line item in our consolidated statement of income in which the hedged items are recorded in the same period the hedged items affect earnings. The changes in the fair values of hedges that are determined to be ineffective are immediately reclassified from AOCI into income. The maximum length of time for which the Company hedges its exposure to the variability in future cash flows is typically three years .
The Company maintains a foreign currency cash flow hedging program to reduce the risk that our U.S. dollar net cash inflows from sales outside the United States and U.S. dollar net cash outflows from procurement activities will be adversely affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We enter into forward contracts and purchase foreign currency options and collars (principally euro, British pound and Japanese yen) to hedge certain portions of forecasted cash flows denominated in foreign currencies. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against the foreign currencies, the decline in the present value of future foreign currency cash flows is partially offset by gains in the fair value of the derivative instruments. Conversely, when the U.S. dollar weakens, the increase in the present value of future foreign currency cash flows is partially offset by losses in the fair value of the derivative instruments. The total notional values of derivatives that were designated and qualified for the
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Company’s foreign currency cash flow hedging program were $ 10,151 million and $ 9,206 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The Company uses cross-currency swaps to hedge the changes in cash flows of certain of its foreign currency denominated debt and other monetary assets or liabilities due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. For this hedging program, the Company recognizes in earnings each period the changes in carrying values of these foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities due to fluctuations in exchange rates. The changes in fair values of the cross-currency swap derivatives are recorded in AOCI with an immediate reclassification into income for the changes in fair values attributable to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The total notional value of derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges for the Company’s foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities was $ 557 million as of both September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
The Company has entered into commodity futures contracts and other derivative instruments on various commodities to mitigate the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of materials used in our manufacturing process. These derivative instruments were designated as part of the Company’s commodity cash flow hedging program. The objective of this hedging program is to reduce the variability of cash flows associated with future purchases of certain commodities. The total notional values of derivatives that were designated and qualified for this program were $ 90 million and $ 58 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Our Company monitors our mix of short-term debt and long-term debt regularly. We manage our risk related to interest rate fluctuations through the use of derivative financial instruments. From time to time, the Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements and has designated these instruments as part of the Company’s interest rate cash flow hedging program. The objective of this hedging program is to mitigate the risk of adverse changes in benchmark interest rates on the Company’s future interest payments. The total notional value of derivatives that were designated and qualified for this program was $ 1,785 million as of September 26, 2025. There were no derivatives that were designated as part of the Company’s interest rate cash flow hedging program as of December 31, 2024.
The following tables present the pretax impact that changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges had on other comprehensive income (“OCI”), AOCI and income (in millions):
Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in OCI Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Three Months Ended September 26, 2025
Foreign currency contracts $ 41 Net operating revenues $ ( 109 )
Foreign currency contracts 12 Cost of goods sold —
Foreign currency contracts — Interest expense ( 1 )
Foreign currency contracts ( 6 ) Other income (loss) — net ( 1 )
Commodity contracts 4 Cost of goods sold —
Interest rate contracts — Interest expense ( 1 )
Total $ 51 $ ( 112 )
Three Months Ended September 27, 2024
Foreign currency contracts $ ( 150 ) Net operating revenues $ 48
Foreign currency contracts ( 15 ) Cost of goods sold 4
Foreign currency contracts — Interest expense ( 1 )
Foreign currency contracts 10 Other income (loss) — net 22
Commodity contracts 1 Cost of goods sold —
Interest rate contracts ( 55 ) Interest expense ( 1 )
Total
$ ( 209 ) $ 72
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Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in OCI Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025
Foreign currency contracts $ ( 729 ) Net operating revenues $ ( 137 )
Foreign currency contracts ( 6 ) Cost of goods sold 4
Foreign currency contracts — Interest expense ( 3 )
Foreign currency contracts 31 Other income (loss) — net 67
Commodity contracts ( 6 ) Cost of goods sold ( 2 )
Interest rate contracts ( 1 ) Interest expense ( 2 )
Total $ ( 711 ) $ ( 73 )
Nine Months Ended September 27, 2024
Foreign currency contracts $ 58 Net operating revenues $ 30
Foreign currency contracts 5 Cost of goods sold 13
Foreign currency contracts — Interest expense ( 3 )
Foreign currency contracts ( 14 ) Other income (loss) — net ( 4 )
Commodity contracts ( 1 ) Cost of goods sold ( 3 )
Interest rate contracts ( 53 ) Interest expense ( 1 )
Total
$ ( 5 ) $ 32
As of September 26, 2025, the Company estimates that it will reclassify into income during the next 12 months net losses of $ 251 million from the pretax amount recorded in AOCI as the anticipated cash flows occur.
Fair Value Hedging Strategy
The Company uses interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges to minimize exposure to changes in the fair value of fixed-rate debt that result from fluctuations in benchmark interest rates. The Company also uses cross-currency interest rate swaps to hedge the changes in the fair value of foreign currency denominated debt relating to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and benchmark interest rates. The changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as fair value hedges and the offsetting changes in the fair values of the hedged items are recognized in earnings. As a result, any difference is reflected in earnings as ineffectiveness. When a derivative is no longer designated as a fair value hedge for any reason, including termination and maturity, the remaining unamortized difference between the carrying value of the hedged item at that time and the face value of the hedged item is amortized to earnings over the remaining life of the hedged item, or immediately if the hedged item has matured or has been extinguished. The total notional values of derivatives that were designated and qualified as fair value hedges of this type were $ 13,641 million and $ 12,628 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The following table summarizes the pretax impact that changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as fair value hedges had on income (in millions):
Hedging Instruments and Hedged Items Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Interest rate contracts Interest expense $ 26 $ 447 $ 274 $ 283
Fixed-rate debt Interest expense ( 19 ) ( 449 ) ( 265 ) ( 282 )
Net impact of fair value hedging instruments $ 7 $ ( 2 ) $ 9 $ 1
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The following table summarizes the amounts recorded in our consolidated balance sheets related to hedged items in fair value hedging relationships (in millions):
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustments 1
Carrying Values of
Hedged Items Included in the Carrying Values of Hedged Items Remaining for Which Hedge Accounting Has Been Discontinued
Balance Sheet Location of Hedged Items September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024 September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024 September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
Current maturities of long-term debt $ 1,469 $ — $ ( 15 ) $ — $ — $ —
Long-term debt 11,614 11,824 ( 722 ) ( 915 ) 106 130
1 Cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments does not include changes due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Hedges of Net Investments in Foreign Operations Strategy
The Company uses forward contracts and a portion of its foreign currency denominated debt, a non-derivative financial instrument, to protect the value of our net investments in a number of foreign operations. In 2025, the Company changed its policy for assessing the effectiveness of derivative financial instruments designated as net investment hedges to include only the changes in fair value attributable to changes in foreign currency spot rates. The changes in the fair values of the effective portion of the derivative financial instruments are recognized in net foreign currency translation adjustments, a component of AOCI, to offset the changes in the values of the net investments being hedged. The initial value, and subsequent changes in fair value of the excluded component, are amortized into earnings over the life of the hedging instrument. For non-derivative financial instruments that are designated and qualify as hedges of net investments in foreign operations, the changes in the carrying values of the designated portions of the non-derivative financial instruments due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded in net foreign currency translation adjustments. Any ineffective portions of net investment hedges are reclassified from AOCI into income during the period of change.
The following table summarizes the notional values and pretax impact of changes in the fair values of instruments designated as net investment hedges (in millions):
Notional Values Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI
as of Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Foreign currency contracts $ 1,067 $ 59 $ 12 $ ( 8 ) $ 11 $ 16
Foreign currency denominated debt 14,942 13,221 23 ( 567 ) ( 1,721 ) ( 210 )
Total $ 16,009 $ 13,280 $ 35 $ ( 575 ) $ ( 1,710 ) $ ( 194 )
The Company reclassified a gain of $ 3 million related to net investment hedges from AOCI into income during the nine months ended September 27, 2024. The Company did not reclassify any gains or losses during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, nor the three months ended September 27, 2024. The cash inflows and outflows associated with the Company’s derivative contracts designated as net investment hedges are classified in the line item other investing activities in our consolidated statement of cash flows.
Economic (Non-Designated) Hedging Strategy
In addition to derivative instruments that have been designated and qualify for hedge accounting, the Company also uses certain derivatives as economic hedges of foreign currency, interest rate and commodity exposure. Although these derivatives were not designated and/or did not qualify for hedge accounting, they are effective economic hedges. The changes in the fair values of economic hedges are immediately recognized in earnings.
The Company uses foreign currency economic hedges to offset the earnings impact that fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have on certain monetary assets and liabilities denominated in nonfunctional currencies. The changes in the fair values of economic hedges used to offset those monetary assets and liabilities are immediately recognized in earnings in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income. In addition, we use foreign currency economic hedges to minimize the variability in cash flows associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, including those related to certain acquisition and divestiture activities. The changes in the fair values of economic hedges used to offset the variability in U.S. dollar net cash flows are immediately recognized in earnings in the line items net operating revenues, cost of goods sold or other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income, as applicable. The total notional values of derivatives related to our foreign currency economic hedges were $ 9,492 million and $ 8,620 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
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The Company also uses certain derivatives as economic hedges to mitigate the price risk associated with the purchase of materials used in the manufacturing process and vehicle fuel. The changes in the fair values of these economic hedges are immediately recognized in earnings in the line items net operating revenues, cost of goods sold, or selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statement of income, as applicable. The total notional values of derivatives related to our economic hedges of this type were $ 612 million and $ 328 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The following tables present the pretax impact that changes in the fair values of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments had on income (in millions):
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
Three Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Foreign currency contracts Net operating revenues $ 1 $ ( 83 )
Foreign currency contracts Cost of goods sold 28 ( 33 )
Foreign currency contracts Other income (loss) — net 58 ( 42 )
Commodity contracts Cost of goods sold 3 ( 24 )
Other derivative instruments Selling, general and administrative expenses 4 15
Total $ 94 $ ( 167 )
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Foreign currency contracts Net operating revenues $ ( 181 ) $ 36
Foreign currency contracts Cost of goods sold 107 ( 41 )
Foreign currency contracts Other income (loss) — net 154 ( 100 )
Commodity contracts Cost of goods sold ( 3 ) ( 92 )
Other derivative instruments Selling, general and administrative expenses 16 27
Total $ 93 $ ( 170 )
NOTE 7: SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROGRAM
Our current payment terms with the majority of our suppliers are 120 days. Certain financial institutions offer a voluntary supply chain finance (“SCF”) program, which enables our suppliers, at their sole discretion, to sell their receivables from the Company to these financial institutions on a non-recourse basis at a rate that leverages our credit rating and thus may be more beneficial to them. The SCF program is available to suppliers of goods and services included in cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statement of income. The Company and our suppliers agree on contractual terms for the goods and services we procure, including prices, quantities and payment terms, regardless of whether the supplier elects to participate in the SCF program. The suppliers sell goods or services, as applicable, to the Company and issue the associated invoices to the Company based on the agreed-upon contractual terms. Then, if they are participating in the SCF program, our suppliers sell their invoices to the financial institutions. Our suppliers’ voluntary participation in the SCF program has no bearing on our payment terms. No guarantees are provided by the Company or any of our subsidiaries under the SCF program. We have no economic interest in a supplier’s decision to participate in the SCF program, and we have no direct financial relationship with the financial institutions, as it relates to the SCF program. Accordingly, amounts due to our suppliers that elected to participate in the SCF program are included in the line item accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet. All activity related to amounts due to suppliers that elected to participate in the SCF program is reflected within the operating activities section of our consolidated statement of cash flows. As of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the amount of obligations outstanding that the Company has confirmed as valid to the financial institutions under the SCF program was $ 1,313 million and $ 1,330 million, respectively.
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NOTE 8: DEBT AND BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS
Loans and notes payable consist primarily of commercial paper issued in the United States. As of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had $ 1,992 million and $ 1,139 million, respectively, in outstanding commercial paper borrowings.
During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, our bottling operations in Africa refinanced $ 585 million of current maturities of long-term debt into long-term debt. Our bottling operations in Africa also refinanced a portion of their loans and notes payable, resulting in an increase to long-term debt of $ 55 million.
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Guarantees
As of September 26, 2025, we were contingently liable for guarantees of indebtedness owed by third parties of $ 740 million, of which $ 62 million was related to variable interest entities. Our guarantees are primarily related to third-party customers, bottlers and vendors and have arisen through the normal course of business. These guarantees have various terms, and none of these guarantees is individually significant. These amounts represent the maximum potential future payments that we could be required to make under the guarantees. However, management has concluded that the likelihood of any significant amounts being paid by our Company under these guarantees is remote.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
We believe our exposure to concentrations of credit risk is limited due to the diverse geographic areas covered by our operations.
Legal Contingencies
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings. We establish reserves for specific legal proceedings when we determine that the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management has also identified certain other legal matters where we believe an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible and/or for which no estimate of possible losses can be made. Management believes that the total liabilities of the Company that may arise as a result of currently pending legal proceedings (excluding tax audit claims) will not have a material adverse effect on the Company taken as a whole.
Tax Audits
The Company is involved in various tax matters, with respect to some of which the outcome is uncertain. These uncertain tax matters may result in the assessment of additional taxes.
On September 17, 2015, the Company received a Statutory Notice of Deficiency (“Notice”) from the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) seeking approximately $ 3.3 billion of additional federal income tax for years 2007 through 2009. In the Notice, the IRS stated its intent to reallocate over $ 9 billion of income to the U.S. parent company from certain of its foreign affiliates that the U.S. parent company licensed to manufacture, distribute, sell, market and promote its products in certain non-U.S. markets.
The Notice concerned the Company’s transfer pricing between its U.S. parent company and certain of its foreign affiliates. IRS rules governing transfer pricing require arm’s-length pricing of transactions between related parties such as the Company’s U.S. parent and its foreign affiliates.
To resolve the same transfer pricing issue for the tax years 1987 through 1995, the Company and the IRS had agreed in 1996 on an arm’s-length methodology for determining the amount of U.S. taxable income that the U.S. parent company would report as compensation from its foreign licensees. The Company and the IRS memorialized this accord in a closing agreement resolving that dispute (“Closing Agreement”). The Closing Agreement provided that, absent a change in material facts or circumstances or relevant federal tax law, in calculating the Company’s income taxes going forward, the Company would not be assessed penalties by the IRS for using the agreed-upon tax calculation methodology that the Company and the IRS agreed would be used for the 1987 through 1995 tax years.
The IRS audited and confirmed the Company’s compliance with the agreed-upon Closing Agreement methodology in five successive audit cycles for tax years 1996 through 2006.
The September 17, 2015 Notice from the IRS retroactively rejected the previously agreed-upon methodology for the 2007 through 2009 tax years in favor of an entirely different methodology, without prior notice to the Company. Using the new tax calculation methodology, the IRS reallocated over $ 9 billion of income to the U.S. parent company from its foreign licensees for tax years 2007 through 2009. Consistent with the Closing Agreement, the IRS did not assert penalties, and it has yet to do so.
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The IRS designated the Company’s matter for litigation on October 15, 2015. Litigation designation is an IRS determination that forecloses to a company any and all alternative means for resolution of a tax dispute. As a result of the IRS’ designation of the Company’s matter for litigation, the Company was forced to either accept the IRS’ newly imposed tax assessment and pay the full amount of the asserted tax or litigate the matter in the federal courts. The matter remains subject to the IRS’ litigation designation, preventing the Company from any attempt to settle or otherwise mutually resolve the matter with the IRS.
The Company consequently initiated litigation by filing a petition in the U.S. Tax Court (“Tax Court”) in December 2015, challenging the tax adjustments enumerated in the Notice.
Prior to trial, the IRS increased its transfer pricing adjustment by $ 385 million, resulting in an additional tax adjustment of $ 135 million. The Company obtained a summary judgment in its favor on a different matter related to Mexican foreign tax credits, which thereafter effectively reduced the IRS’ potential tax adjustment by $ 138 million.
The trial was held in the Tax Court from March through May 2018, and final post-trial briefs were filed and exchanged in April 2019.
On November 18, 2020, the Tax Court issued an opinion (“Opinion”) in which it predominantly sided with the IRS but agreed with the Company that dividends previously paid by the foreign licensees to the U.S. parent company in reliance upon the Closing Agreement should continue to be allowed to offset royalties, including those that would become payable to the Company in accordance with the Opinion. On November 8, 2023, the Tax Court issued a supplemental opinion (together with the original Tax Court opinion, “Opinions”), siding with the IRS in concluding both that certain U.S. tax regulations (known as the blocked-income regulations) that address the effect of certain Brazilian legal restrictions on royalty payments by the Company’s licensee in Brazil apply to the Company’s operations and that the Tax Court opinion in 3M Co. & Subs. v. Commissioner (February 9, 2023) (“ 3M case”) controlled as to the validity of those regulations. On October 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion reversing the judgment of the Tax Court in the 3M case. In its decision, the court concluded that the blocked-income regulation was inconsistent with Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 482 and that the IRS therefore could not reallocate income from 3M’s subsidiary in Brazil to 3M in contravention of Brazilian restrictions on the payment of royalties. Further, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit specifically rejected the IRS’ argument that the ability of 3M’s subsidiary in Brazil to pay dividends, rather than royalties, meant that royalty income should not be treated as blocked. Both of these conclusions are highly supportive of the Company’s position in its case and reinforce its prior conclusions.
The Company believes that the IRS and the Tax Court misinterpreted and misapplied the applicable regulations in reallocating income earned by the Company’s foreign licensees to increase the Company’s U.S. tax. Moreover, the Company believes that the retroactive imposition of such tax liability using a calculation methodology different from that previously agreed upon by the IRS and the Company, and audited by the IRS for over a decade, is unconstitutional. The Company intends to assert its claims on appeal and vigorously defend its positions. In addition, for its litigation with the IRS and for purposes of its appeal of the Tax Court decision, the Company continues to evaluate the implications of several significant administrative law cases recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, most notably Loper Bright v. Raimondo , which overruled Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC (“ Chevron case”). Since 1984, the Chevron case had required that courts defer to agency interpretations of statutes and agency action. In Ohio v. EPA and Garland v. Cargill , two of the recent decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated how courts are to rule on agency interpretations and actions without the deference previously required by the Chevron case .
On August 2, 2024, the Tax Court entered a decision reflecting additional federal income tax of $ 2.7 billion for the 2007 through 2009 tax years. With applicable interest, the total liability for the 2007 through 2009 tax years resulting from the Tax Court’s decision is $ 6.0 billion, for which the IRS issued the Company invoices on September 3, 2024. The Company paid those invoices (“IRS Tax Litigation Deposit”) on September 10, 2024, which stopped interest from accruing on the additional tax due for the 2007 through 2009 tax years. That amount, plus interest earned, would be refunded in full or in part if the Company’s tax positions are ultimately sustained on appeal. For the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded net interest income of $ 55 million and $ 162 million, respectively, related to this tax payment in the line item income taxes in our consolidated statements of income, in accordance with our accounting policy. The payment of the IRS invoices and the related accrued interest were recorded in the line item other noncurrent assets in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024. On October 22, 2024, the Company appealed the Tax Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The Company filed its principal appellate brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on March 12, 2025. The IRS filed its appellate brief on July 7, 2025. The Company filed its reply brief on August 27, 2025.
In determining the amount of tax reserve to be recorded as of December 31, 2020, the Company completed the required two-step evaluation process prescribed by Accounting Standards Codification 740, Accounting for Income Taxes . In doing so, we consulted with outside advisors, and we reviewed and considered relevant laws, rules, and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Opinions and relevant caselaw. We also considered our intention to vigorously defend our positions and assert our various well-founded legal claims via every available avenue of appeal. We concluded, based on the technical and legal
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merits of the Company’s tax positions, that it is more likely than not the Company’s tax positions will ultimately be sustained on appeal. In addition, we considered a number of alternative transfer pricing methodologies, including the methodology asserted by the IRS and affirmed in the Opinions (“Tax Court Methodology”), that could be applied by the courts upon final resolution of the litigation. Based on the required probability analysis, we determined the methodologies we believe the federal courts could ultimately order to be used in calculating the Company’s tax. As a result of this analysis, we recorded a tax reserve of $ 438 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 related to the application of the resulting methodologies as well as the different tax treatment applicable to dividends originally paid to the U.S. parent company by its foreign licensees, in reliance upon the Closing Agreement, that would be recharacterized as royalties in accordance with the Opinions and the Company’s analysis.
The Company’s conclusion that it is more likely than not the Company’s tax positions will ultimately be sustained on appeal is unchanged as of September 26, 2025. However, based on the required probability analysis and the accrual of interest through the current reporting period, we updated our tax reserve as of September 26, 2025 to $ 502 million.
While the Company strongly disagrees with the IRS’ positions and the portions of the Opinions affirming such positions, it is possible that some portion or all of the adjustments proposed by the IRS and sustained by the Tax Court could ultimately be upheld. In that event, the Company would not receive a refund of the applicable portion or all of the $ 6.0 billion it paid in response to the IRS invoices issued in September 2024 and the related accrued interest receivable of $ 313 million as of September 26, 2025. Additionally, the Company would likely be subject to significant additional liabilities for subsequent years, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
The Company calculated the potential impact of applying the Tax Court Methodology to reallocate income from foreign licensees potentially covered within the scope of the Opinions for the 2010 through 2024 tax years, assuming such methodology were to be ultimately upheld by the courts, and the IRS were to decide to apply that methodology to subsequent years, with consent of the federal courts. This impact would include taxes and interest accrued through December 31, 2024. The calculations incorporated the estimated impact of correlative adjustments to the previously accrued transition tax payable under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Company estimates that the potential aggregate remaining incremental tax and interest liability for the tax years 2010 through 2024 could be approximately $ 12 billion as of December 31, 2024. Additional income tax and interest on any unpaid potential liabilities for the 2010 through 2024 tax years would continue to accrue until the time any such potential liability, or portion thereof, were to be paid. The Company estimates the impact of the continued application of the Tax Court Methodology for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 would increase the potential aggregate incremental tax and interest liability by approximately $ 400 million and $ 1.2 billion, respectively. We currently project the continued application of the Tax Court Methodology in 2025, assuming similar facts and circumstances as of December 31, 2024, would result in an incremental annual tax liability that would increase the Company’s effective tax rate by approximately 3.5 %.
Risk Management Programs
The Company has numerous global insurance programs in place to help protect the Company from the risk of loss. In general, we are self-insured for large portions of many different types of claims; however, we do use commercial insurance above our self-insured retentions to reduce the Company’s risk of catastrophic loss. Our reserves for the Company’s self-insured losses are estimated using actuarial methods and assumptions of the insurance industry, adjusted for our specific expectations based on our claims history. Our self-insurance reserves totaled $ 171 million and $ 168 million as of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively .
NOTE 10: OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
AOCI attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company is separately presented in our consolidated balance sheet as a component of shareowners’ equity, which also includes our proportionate share of equity method investees’ AOCI. OCI attributable to noncontrolling interests is allocated to, and included in, our consolidated balance sheet as part of the line item equity attributable to noncontrolling interests.
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AOCI attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company consisted of the following, net of tax (in millions):
September 26,
2025 December 31,
2024
Net foreign currency translation adjustments $ ( 13,329 ) $ ( 15,610 )
Accumulated net gains (losses) on derivatives ( 333 ) 116
Unrealized net gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities ( 32 ) ( 64 )
Adjustments to pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities ( 1,258 ) ( 1,285 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) $ ( 14,952 ) $ ( 16,843 )
The following table summarizes the allocation of total comprehensive income between shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company and noncontrolling interests (in millions):
Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025
Shareowners of
The Coca-Cola Company Noncontrolling
Interests Total
Consolidated net income $ 10,836 $ ( 15 ) $ 10,821
Other comprehensive income:
Net foreign currency translation adjustments 1
2,281 ( 122 ) 2,159
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 2
( 449 ) — ( 449 )
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 3
32 — 32
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities 27 — 27
Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 12,727 $ ( 137 ) $ 12,590
1 Includes reclassification of $ 226 million of foreign currency translation adjustments from shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company to noncontrolling interests related to our bottling operations in India. Refer to Note 11.
2 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the net gains or losses on derivative instruments.
3 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
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The following tables present OCI attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company, including our proportionate share of equity method investees’ OCI (in millions):
Three Months Ended September 26, 2025 Before-Tax Amount Income Tax After-Tax Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Translation adjustments arising during the period $ 482 $ ( 96 ) $ 386
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 38 — 38
Gains (losses) on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment nature ( 39 ) — ( 39 )
Gains (losses) on net investment hedges arising during the period 1
35 ( 8 ) 27
Reclassification to noncontrolling interests 2
226 — 226
Net foreign currency translation adjustments $ 742 $ ( 104 ) $ 638
Derivatives:
Gains (losses) arising during the period $ 80 $ ( 12 ) $ 68
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 112 ( 28 ) 84
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 1
$ 192 $ ( 40 ) $ 152
Available-for-sale debt securities:
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period $ 12 $ ( 4 ) $ 8
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 1 — 1
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 3
$ 13 $ ( 4 ) $ 9
Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities:
Net pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities arising during the period $ ( 10 ) $ ( 1 ) $ ( 11 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 24 ( 6 ) 18
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities $ 14 $ ( 7 ) $ 7
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company $ 961 $ ( 155 ) $ 806
1 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the net gains or losses on derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 11 for additional information related to the noncontrolling interest in our bottling operations in India.
3 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
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Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025 Before-Tax Amount Income Tax After-Tax Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Translation adjustments arising during the period $ 585 $ ( 189 ) $ 396
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 72 ( 2 ) 70
Gains (losses) on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment nature 2,872 — 2,872
Gains (losses) on net investment hedges arising during the period 1
( 1,710 ) 427 ( 1,283 )
Reclassification to noncontrolling interests 2
226 — 226
Net foreign currency translation adjustments $ 2,045 $ 236 $ 2,281
Derivatives:
Gains (losses) arising during the period $ ( 679 ) $ 175 $ ( 504 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 73 ( 18 ) 55
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 1
$ ( 606 ) $ 157 $ ( 449 )
Available-for-sale debt securities:
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period $ 44 $ ( 14 ) $ 30
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 2 — 2
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 3
$ 46 $ ( 14 ) $ 32
Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities:
Net pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities arising during the period $ ( 49 ) $ 13 $ ( 36 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 83 ( 20 ) 63
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities $ 34 $ ( 7 ) $ 27
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company $ 1,519 $ 372 $ 1,891
1 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the net gains or losses on derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 11 for additional information related to the noncontrolling interest in our bottling operations in India.
3 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
Three Months Ended September 27, 2024 Before-Tax Amount Income Tax After-Tax Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Translation adjustments arising during the period $ ( 469 ) $ 89 $ ( 380 )
Gains (losses) on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment nature 959 — 959
Gains (losses) on net investment hedges arising during the period 1
( 575 ) 143 ( 432 )
Net foreign currency translation adjustments $ ( 85 ) $ 232 $ 147
Derivatives:
Gains (losses) arising during the period $ ( 216 ) $ 52 $ ( 164 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income ( 72 ) 18 ( 54 )
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 1
$ ( 288 ) $ 70 $ ( 218 )
Available-for-sale debt securities:
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period $ 11 $ ( 2 ) $ 9
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income ( 8 ) 2 ( 6 )
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 2
$ 3 $ — $ 3
Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities:
Net pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities arising during the period $ ( 20 ) $ 5 $ ( 15 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 6 ( 1 ) 5
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities $ ( 14 ) $ 4 $ ( 10 )
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company $ ( 384 ) $ 306 $ ( 78 )
1 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the net gains or losses on derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
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Nine Months Ended September 27, 2024 Before-Tax Amount Income Tax After-Tax Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Translation adjustments arising during the period $ ( 1,612 ) $ 181 $ ( 1,431 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 103 — 103
Gains (losses) on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment nature 271 — 271
Gains (losses) on net investment hedges arising during the period 1
( 194 ) 47 ( 147 )
Net foreign currency translation adjustments $ ( 1,432 ) $ 228 $ ( 1,204 )
Derivatives:
Gains (losses) arising during the period $ ( 33 ) $ 6 $ ( 27 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income ( 32 ) 8 ( 24 )
Net gains (losses) on derivatives 1
$ ( 65 ) $ 14 $ ( 51 )
Available-for-sale debt securities:
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period $ ( 27 ) $ 11 $ ( 16 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income ( 4 ) 1 ( 3 )
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities 2
$ ( 31 ) $ 12 $ ( 19 )
Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities:
Net pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities arising during the period $ ( 29 ) $ 3 $ ( 26 )
Reclassification adjustments recognized in net income 51 ( 12 ) 39
Net change in pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities $ 22 $ ( 9 ) $ 13
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company $ ( 1,506 ) $ 245 $ ( 1,261 )
1 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the net gains or losses on derivative instruments.
2 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
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The following table presents the amounts and line items in our consolidated statements of income where adjustments reclassified from AOCI into income were recorded (in millions):
Amount Reclassified from AOCI
into Income
Description of AOCI Component Financial Statement Line Item Impacted Three Months Ended September 26, 2025 Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Divestitures 1,2
Other income (loss) — net $ 38 $ 72
Income before income taxes 38 72
Income taxes — ( 2 )
Consolidated net income $ 38 $ 70
Derivatives:
Foreign currency contracts Net operating revenues $ 109 $ 137
Foreign currency and commodity contracts Cost of goods sold — ( 2 )
Foreign currency and interest rate contracts Interest expense 2 5
Foreign currency contracts Other income (loss) — net 1 ( 67 )
Income before income taxes 112 73
Income taxes ( 28 ) ( 18 )
Consolidated net income $ 84 $ 55
Available-for-sale debt securities:
Sale of debt securities Other income (loss) — net $ 1 $ 2
Income before income taxes 1 2
Income taxes — —
Consolidated net income $ 1 $ 2
Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities:
Divestitures 1
Other income (loss) — net $ — $ ( 2 )
Curtailment loss (gain) Other income (loss) — net — 11
Amortization of net actuarial loss (gain) Other income (loss) — net 24 75
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) Other income (loss) — net — ( 1 )
Income before income taxes 24 83
Income taxes ( 6 ) ( 20 )
Consolidated net income $ 18 $ 63
1 Related to the sale of a portion of our ownership interest in CCEP. Refer to Note 2.
2 Related to the refranchising of certain bottling operations in Ghana. Refer to Note 16.
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NOTE 11: CHANGES IN EQUITY
The following tables provide a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amounts of total equity, equity attributable to shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company and equity attributable to noncontrolling interests (in millions):
Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company
Three Months Ended September 26, 2025 Common Shares Outstanding Total Reinvested Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Common Stock Capital Surplus Treasury Stock Non-controlling Interests
June 27, 2025 4,304 $ 30,182 $ 78,803 $ ( 15,758 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,970 $ ( 56,190 ) $ 1,597
Comprehensive income (loss) 1
— 4,288 3,696 806 — — — ( 214 )
Dividends paid/payable to
shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company ($ 0.51 per share)
— ( 2,194 ) ( 2,194 ) — — — — —
Dividends paid to noncontrolling
interests
— ( 7 ) — — — — — ( 7 )
Purchases of treasury stock ( 3 ) ( 174 ) — — — — ( 174 ) —
Impact related to stock-based
compensation plans 1 92 — — — 83 9 —
Sale of subsidiary shares 1
— 1,080 — — — 436 — 644
September 26, 2025 4,302 $ 33,267 $ 80,305 $ ( 14,952 ) $ 1,760 $ 20,489 $ ( 56,355 ) $ 2,020
1 In July 2025, we sold a 40 % noncontrolling interest in our bottling operations in India to a local partner for approximately $ 1.3 billion, which, net of direct costs, resulted in an increase to total equity of $ 1.1 billion. As a result, 40 % of the subsidiary’s equity was allocated to the noncontrolling interest and the remaining amount was recorded in capital surplus. Additionally, $ 226 million of foreign currency translation adjustments included in AOCI were allocated to the noncontrolling interest.
Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company
Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025 Common Shares Outstanding Total Reinvested Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Common Stock Capital Surplus Treasury Stock Non-controlling Interests
December 31, 2024 4,302 $ 26,372 $ 76,054 $ ( 16,843 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,801 $ ( 55,916 ) $ 1,516
Comprehensive income (loss) 1
— 12,590 10,836 1,891 — — — ( 137 )
Dividends paid/payable to
shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company ($ 1.53 per share)
— ( 6,585 ) ( 6,585 ) — — — — —
Dividends paid to noncontrolling
interests
— ( 16 ) — — — — — ( 16 )
Contributions by noncontrolling interests — 13 — — — — — 13
Purchases of treasury stock ( 8 ) ( 534 ) — — — — ( 534 ) —
Impact related to stock-based
compensation plans 8 347 — — — 252 95 —
Sale of subsidiary shares 1
— 1,080 — — — 436 — 644
September 26, 2025 4,302 $ 33,267 $ 80,305 $ ( 14,952 ) $ 1,760 $ 20,489 $ ( 56,355 ) $ 2,020
1 In July 2025, we sold a 40 % noncontrolling interest in our bottling operations in India to a local partner for approximately $ 1.3 billion, which, net of direct costs, resulted in an increase to total equity of $ 1.1 billion. As a result, 40 % of the subsidiary’s equity was allocated to the noncontrolling interest and the remaining amount was recorded in capital surplus. Additionally, $ 226 million of foreign currency translation adjustments included in AOCI were allocated to the noncontrolling interest.
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Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company
Three Months Ended September 27, 2024 Common Shares Outstanding Total Reinvested Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Common Stock Capital Surplus Treasury Stock Non-controlling Interests
June 28, 2024 4,309 $ 27,411 $ 75,189 $ ( 15,458 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,468 $ ( 55,106 ) $ 1,558
Comprehensive income (loss) — 2,853 2,848 ( 78 ) — — — 83
Dividends paid/payable to
shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company ($ 0.485 per share)
— ( 2,091 ) ( 2,091 ) — — — — —
Dividends paid to noncontrolling
interests — ( 5 ) — — — — — ( 5 )
Purchases of treasury stock ( 5 ) ( 358 ) — — — — ( 358 ) —
Impact related to stock-based
compensation plans 6 344 — — — 242 102 —
September 27, 2024 4,310 $ 28,154 $ 75,946 $ ( 15,536 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,710 $ ( 55,362 ) $ 1,636
Shareowners of The Coca-Cola Company
Nine Months Ended September 27, 2024 Common Shares Outstanding Total Reinvested Earnings Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Common Stock Capital Surplus Treasury Stock Non-controlling Interests
December 31, 2023 4,308 $ 27,480 $ 73,782 $ ( 14,275 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,209 $ ( 54,535 ) $ 1,539
Comprehensive income (loss) — 7,290 8,436 ( 1,261 ) — — — 115
Dividends paid/payable to
shareowners of The Coca-Cola
Company ($ 1.455 per share)
— ( 6,272 ) ( 6,272 ) — — — — —
Dividends paid to noncontrolling
interests — ( 14 ) — — — — — ( 14 )
Divestitures — ( 4 ) — — — — — ( 4 )
Purchases of treasury stock ( 18 ) ( 1,135 ) — — — — ( 1,135 ) —
Impact related to stock-based
compensation plans 20 809 — — — 501 308 —
September 27, 2024 4,310 $ 28,154 $ 75,946 $ ( 15,536 ) $ 1,760 $ 19,710 $ ( 55,362 ) $ 1,636
NOTE 12: SIGNIFICANT OPERATING AND NONOPERATING ITEMS
Other Operating Charges
During the three months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded other operating charges of $ 58 million. These charges included $ 27 million related to an indemnification agreement entered into as a part of the refranchising of certain of our bottling operations, $ 24 million related to the Company’s productivity and reinvestment program, $ 4 million for the amortization of noncompete agreements related to the BA Sports Nutrition, LLC (“BodyArmor”) acquisition in 2021 and $ 3 million related to tax litigation expense.
During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded other operating charges of $ 202 million. These charges consisted of $ 47 million related to the remeasurement of our contingent consideration liability to fair value in conjunction with our acquisition of fairlife, LLC (“fairlife”) in 2020, which brought the total liability to $ 6,173 million and was paid in March 2025. Additionally, other operating charges included $ 63 million related to the Company’s productivity and reinvestment program, $ 35 million related to an indemnification agreement entered into as a part of the refranchising of certain of our bottling operations, $ 31 million related to the impairment of a trademark that impacted the Latin America operating segment, $ 11 million for the amortization of noncompete agreements related to the BodyArmor acquisition, $ 8 million related to tax litigation expense and $ 7 million of transaction costs related to the refranchising of our bottling operations in certain territories in India.
During the three months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recorded other operating charges of $ 1,044 million. These charges consisted of $ 919 million related to the remeasurement of our contingent consideration liability to fair value in conjunction with the fairlife acquisition, $ 87 million related to the impairment of a trademark that impacted the Latin America operating segment and $ 34 million related to the Company’s productivity and reinvestment program. In addition, other operating charges included $ 4 million for the amortization of noncompete agreements related to the BodyArmor acquisition and
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$ 2 million of transaction costs related to the sale of a portion of our interest in Coke Consolidated. These charges were partially offset by a net benefit of $ 2 million related to a revision of management’s estimates for tax litigation expense.
During the nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recorded other operating charges of $ 3,987 million. These charges consisted of $ 3,021 million related to the remeasurement of our contingent consideration liability to fair value in conjunction with the fairlife acquisition, $ 760 million related to the impairment of our BodyArmor trademark that impacted our North America operating segment, $ 102 million related to the Company’s productivity and reinvestment program and $ 87 million related to the impairment of a trademark that impacted our Latin America operating segment. In addition, other operating charges included $ 11 million for the amortization of noncompete agreements related to the BodyArmor acquisition, $ 7 million of transaction costs related to the refranchising of our bottling operations in certain territories in India and $ 2 million of transaction costs related to the sale of a portion of our interest in Coke Consolidated. These charges were partially offset by a net benefit of $ 3 million related to a revision of management’s estimates for tax litigation expense.
Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the refranchising of our bottling operations in certain territories in India and the sale of a portion of our interest in Coke Consolidated. Refer to Note 9 for additional information on the tax litigation. Refer to Note 13 for additional information on the Company’s restructuring initiatives. Refer to Note 16 for additional information on the fairlife acquisition and the impairments.
Other Nonoperating Items
Equity Income (Loss) — Net
During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded a net gain of $ 7 million and a net charge of $ 21 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recorded a net gain of $ 4 million and a net charge of $ 45 million, respectively. These amounts represent the Company’s proportionate share of significant operating and nonoperating items recorded by certain of our equity method investees.
Other Income (Loss) — Net
During the three months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recognized a net gain of $ 151 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities, a charge of $ 393 million related to certain operations held for sale in Nigeria and a charge of $ 8 million related to the refranchising of certain bottling operations in Ghana.
During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recognized a net gain of $ 331 million related to the sale of a portion of our ownership interest in CCEP, a net gain of $ 295 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities, and a net gain of $ 102 million related to the refranchising of our bottling operations in certain territories in India. The Company also recorded a charge of $ 393 million related to certain operations held for sale in Nigeria and recorded other-than-temporary impairment charges of $ 40 million related to an equity method investee in Latin America and $ 25 million related to a joint venture in Latin America. Additionally, the Company recorded a charge of $ 36 million related to the refranchising of certain bottling operations in Ghana, and charges of $ 25 million and $ 11 million for special termination benefits and a curtailment loss, respectively, related to non-U.S. pension activity.
During the three months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recognized a net gain of $ 338 million related to the sale of a portion of our interest in Coke Consolidated and a net gain of $ 103 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities. These gains were partially offset by a charge of $ 10 million related to post-closing adjustments for the sale of our ownership interest in an equity method investee in Thailand and a charge of $ 4 million related to post-closing adjustments for the refranchising of our bottling operations in the Philippines.
During the nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recognized a net gain of $ 595 million related to the refranchising of our bottling operations in the Philippines, including the impact of post-closing adjustments, and recognized a net gain of $ 506 million related to the sale of our ownership interest in an equity method investee in Thailand, including the impact of post-closing adjustments. The Company also recognized a net gain of $ 338 million related to the sale of a portion of our interest in Coke Consolidated, a net gain of $ 331 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities, and a net gain of $ 290 million related to the refranchising of our bottling operations in certain territories in India, including the impact of post-closing adjustments. These gains were partially offset by an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $ 34 million related to an equity method investee in Latin America and a loss of $ 7 million related to post-closing adjustments for the refranchising of our bottling operations in Vietnam in 2023.
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Refer to Note 2 for additional information on our divestiture activities and on our operations held for sale in Nigeria. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on equity and debt securities. Refer to Note 14 for additional information on the non-U.S. pension curtailment and special termination benefits. Refer to Note 16 for additional information on the impairment charges and the bottling operations in Ghana.
NOTE 13: RESTRUCTURING
Productivity and Reinvestment Program
In February 2012, the Company announced a productivity and reinvestment program designed to strengthen our brands and reinvest our resources to drive long-term profitable growth. The program was expanded multiple times, with the last expansion occurring in April 2017. While most of the initiatives included in this program were substantially completed by the end of 2024, certain initiatives, which are primarily designed to further simplify and standardize our organization, have been delayed and will be completed during 2025.
During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company incurred expenses of $ 24 million and $ 63 million, respectively, and during the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024, incurred expenses of $ 34 million and $ 102 million, respectively, related to our productivity and reinvestment program. These expenses primarily included internal and external costs associated with the implementation of the program’s initiatives and were recorded in the line item other operating charges in our consolidated statements of income. The Company has incurred total pretax expenses of $ 4,489 million related to this program since it commenced.
NOTE 14: PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
Net periodic benefit cost or income for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following (in millions):
Pension Plans Other Postretirement
Benefit Plans
Three Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Service cost $ 26 $ 26 $ 1 $ 1
Interest cost 76 77 3 3
Expected return on plan assets 1
( 106 ) ( 118 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 )
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1 — ( 1 ) ( 1 )
Amortization of net actuarial loss (gain) 25 26 ( 1 ) ( 1 )
Settlement loss (gain) — — — ( 19 )
Net periodic benefit cost (income) $ 22 $ 11 $ 1 $ ( 18 )
1 The weighted-average expected long-term rates of return on plan assets used in computing 2025 net periodic benefit cost (income) were 7.00 % for pension plans and 6.75 % for other postretirement benefit plans.
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Pension Plans Other Postretirement
Benefit Plans
Nine Months Ended
September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Service cost $ 77 $ 79 $ 3 $ 3
Interest cost 225 231 8 12
Expected return on plan assets 1
( 314 ) ( 353 ) ( 3 ) ( 5 )
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1 1 ( 2 ) ( 3 )
Amortization of net actuarial loss (gain) 76 77 ( 1 ) ( 3 )
Settlement loss (gain) — — — ( 19 )
Curtailment loss (gain) 2
11 — — —
Special termination benefits 2
25 — — —
Net periodic benefit cost (income) $ 101 $ 35 $ 5 $ ( 15 )
1 The weighted-average expected long-term rates of return on plan assets used in computing 2025 net periodic benefit cost (income) were 7.00 % for pension plans and 6.75 % for other postretirement benefit plans.
2 The curtailment loss and special termination benefits were related to the group annuity purchase (“buy-in”) for a non-U.S. defined benefit plan. The Company intends to convert the buy-in to a buy-out in the future, at which time the insurer would assume full responsibility for the plan obligations.
All of the amounts in the tables above, other than service cost, were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income. During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company contributed $ 23 million to our pension trusts, offset by $ 331 million in transfers of surplus non-U.S. plan assets from pension trusts to general assets of the Company. We anticipate making additional contributions of approximately $ 9 million during the remainder of 2025. The Company contributed $ 20 million to our pension trusts, offset by a $ 44 million transfer of surplus non-U.S. plan assets from pension trusts to general assets of the Company during the nine months ended September 27, 2024.
NOTE 15: INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded income taxes of $ 500 million ( 11.9 % effective tax rate) and $ 530 million ( 15.7 % effective tax rate) during the three months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, respectively. The Company recorded income taxes of $ 2,215 million ( 17.0 % effective tax rate) and $ 1,844 million ( 17.9 % effective tax rate) during the nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, respectively.
The Company’s effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024 vary from the statutory U.S. federal tax rate of 21.0 %, primarily due to the tax impact of significant operating and nonoperating items, as described in Note 12, along with the tax benefits of having significant earnings generated outside of the United States and significant earnings generated in investments accounted for under the equity method, both of which are generally taxed at rates lower than the statutory U.S. federal tax rate.
The Company’s effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 included $ 442 million and $ 597 million, respectively, of net tax benefits related to various discrete tax items, including net interest income of $ 55 million and $ 162 million, respectively, related to the IRS Tax Litigation Deposit recorded in the line item income taxes in our consolidated statements of income, in accordance with our accounting policy. Also included were tax benefits of $ 258 million and $ 344 million, respectively, related to changes in the Company’s indefinite reinvestment assertion and reassessments of the realizability of deferred tax assets for certain foreign entities.
The Company’s effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024 included $ 45 million of net tax benefit and $ 15 million of net tax expense, respectively, related to various discrete tax items, including the resolution of certain foreign tax matters, certain return to provision adjustments and the net tax impact of agreed-upon audit issues.
During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company invested $ 271 million in limited partnerships that receive tax credits and other tax benefits by constructing, owning and operating alternative energy generation facilities. During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company received tax credits and other income tax benefits of $ 13 million and $ 168 million, respectively, and recognized amortization expense of $ 11 million and $ 153 million, respectively, related to all of our investments of this nature. The amount of non-income tax-related activity and other returns related to these investments was not material during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025.
During the nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company invested $ 114 million in limited partnerships that receive tax credits and other tax benefits by constructing, owning and operating alternative energy generation facilities. During the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company received tax credits and other income tax benefits of $ 74 million and
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recognized amortization expense of $ 70 million related to all of our investments of this nature. The amount of non-income tax-related activity and other returns related to these investments was not material during the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024.
As of September 26, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying value of these investments was $ 37 million and $ 41 million, respectively. The Company has no unfunded commitments related to these investments as of September 26, 2025. The Company recorded $ 123 million of unfunded commitments related to these investments in the line item accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.
We are currently in litigation with the IRS for tax years 2007 through 2009. Refer to Note 9.
NOTE 16: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following tables summarize assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
September 26, 2025 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Other 3
Netting
Adjustment 4
Fair Value
Measurements
Assets:
Equity securities with readily determinable values 1
$ 2,043 $ 156 $ 106 $ 136 $ — $ 2,441
Debt securities 1
— 1,805 —
— — 1,805
Derivatives 2
— 399 — — ( 389 ) 5
10 7
Total assets $ 2,043 $ 2,360 $ 106 $ 136 $ ( 389 ) $ 4,256
Liabilities:
Derivatives 2
$ 3 $ 1,155 $ — $ — $ ( 996 ) 6
$ 162 7
Total liabilities $ 3 $ 1,155 $ — $ — $ ( 996 ) $ 162
1 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the composition of our equity securities with readily determinable values and debt securities.
2 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the composition of our derivatives portfolio.
3 Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been categorized in the fair value hierarchy but are included to reconcile to the amounts presented in Note 4.
4 Amounts represent the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Company to settle net positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties. There were no amounts subject to legally enforceable master netting agreements that management has chosen not to offset or that do not meet the offsetting requirements. Refer to Note 6.
5 The Company is obligated to return $ 24 million in cash collateral it has netted against its derivative position.
6 The Company has the right to reclaim $ 630 million in cash collateral it has netted against its derivative position.
7 The Company’s derivative financial instruments were recorded at fair value in our consolidated balance sheet as follows: $ 10 million in the line item other noncurrent assets and $ 162 million in the line item other noncurrent liabilities . Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the composition of our derivatives portfolio.
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December 31, 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Other 3
Netting
Adjustment 4
Fair Value
Measurements
Assets:
Equity securities with readily determinable values 1
$ 1,790 $ 137 $ 13 $ 94 $ — $ 2,034
Debt securities 1
— 1,676 — — — 1,676
Derivatives 2
2 587 — — ( 370 ) 6
219 8
Total assets $ 1,792 $ 2,400 $ 13 $ 94 $ ( 370 ) $ 3,929
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration liability $ — $ — $ 6,126 5
$ — $ — $ 6,126
Derivatives 2
— 1,119 — — ( 1,097 ) 7
22 8
Total liabilities $ — $ 1,119 $ 6,126 $ — $ ( 1,097 ) $ 6,148
1 Refer to Note 4 for additional information related to the composition of our equity securities with readily determinable values and debt securities.
2 Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the composition of our derivatives portfolio.
3 Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been categorized in the fair value hierarchy but are included to reconcile to the amounts presented in Note 4.
4 Amounts represent the impact of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the Company to settle net positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties. There were no amounts subject to legally enforceable master netting agreements that management has chosen not to offset or that do not meet the offsetting requirements. Refer to Note 6.
5 Represents the fair value of the remaining milestone payment related to our acquisition of fairlife, which is contingent on fairlife achieving certain financial targets through 2024 and is payable in 2025. This milestone payment is based on agreed-upon formulas related to fairlife’s operating results, the resulting value of which is not subject to a ceiling. The fair value was determined using discounted cash flow analyses. We are required to remeasure this liability to fair value quarterly, with any changes in the fair value recorded in income until the final milestone payment is made.
6 The Company was obligated to return $ 12 million in cash collateral it had netted against its derivative position.
7 The Company had the right to reclaim $ 735 million in cash collateral it had netted against its derivative position.
8 The Company’s derivative financial instruments were recorded at fair value in our consolidated balance sheet as follows: $ 102 million in the line item prepaid expenses and other current assets, $ 117 million in the line item other noncurrent assets and $ 22 million in the line item other noncurrent liabilities. Refer to Note 6 for additional information related to the composition of our derivatives portfolio.
Gross realized and unrealized gains and losses on Level 3 assets and liabilities, excluding the contingent consideration liability, were not significant for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024.
The Company recognizes transfers between levels within the hierarchy as of the beginning of the reporting period. Gross transfers between levels within the hierarchy were not significant for the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
The gains and losses on assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are summarized in the following table (in millions):
Gains (Losses)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 26, 2025 September 27,
2024 September 26,
2025 September 27,
2024
Assets held for sale $ ( 235 ) 1
$ — $ ( 263 ) 1
$ —
Impairment of intangible assets — ( 87 ) 2
( 31 ) 3
( 847 ) 2,6
Other-than-temporary impairment charges — — ( 65 ) 4,5
( 34 ) 4
Total $ ( 235 ) $ ( 87 ) $ ( 359 ) $ ( 881 )
1 The Company is required to record assets and liabilities that are held for sale at the lower of carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell based on the estimated proceeds. During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded a charge of $ 235 million in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income. This charge was due to the write-off of assets related to the sale of certain finished product operations in Nigeria and was calculated based on Level 3 inputs. Refer to Note 2. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded a charge of $ 28 million in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income. This charge was due to the write-down of assets held for sale related to the refranchising of certain bottling operations in Ghana. This charge, which was calculated based on Level 3 inputs, primarily related to property, plant and equipment. These operations were sold in July 2025, resulting in an additional loss of $ 8 million.
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2 During the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $ 87 million related to a trademark in Latin America. This impairment charge was derived using Level 3 inputs and was primarily driven by revised projections of future operating results and changes in macroeconomic conditions. This charge was recorded in the line item other operating charges in our consolidated statements of income. The remaining carrying value of the trademark is $ 125 million.
3 During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $ 31 million related to a trademark in Latin America. This impairment charge was derived using Level 3 inputs and was primarily driven by revised projections of future operating results and changes in macroeconomic conditions. This charge was recorded in the line item other operating charges in our consolidated statement of income. The remaining carrying value of the trademark is $ 55 million.
4 During the nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, the Company recorded other-than-temporary impairment charges of $ 40 million and $ 34 million, respectively, related to an equity method investee in Latin America. These impairment charges were derived using Level 3 inputs and were primarily driven by revised projections of future operating results. These charges were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income.
5 During the nine months ended September 26, 2025, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $ 25 million related to a joint venture in Latin America. This impairment charge was derived using Level 3 inputs and was due to the joint venture’s restructuring and planned liquidation. This charge was recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income.
6 During the nine months ended September 27, 2024, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $ 760 million related to our BodyArmor trademark in North America, which was primarily driven by revised projections of future operating results and higher discount rates resulting from changes in macroeconomic conditions since the acquisition date. The fair value of this trademark was derived using discounted cash flow analyses based on Level 3 inputs. This charge was recorded in the line item other operating charges in our consolidated statement of income. The remaining carrying value of the trademark is $ 3,400 million.
Other Fair Value Disclosures
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and loans and notes payable approximate their fair values because of the relatively short-term maturities of these financial instruments. The fair value of our long-term debt is estimated using Level 2 inputs based on quoted prices for those instruments. Where quoted prices are not available, the fair value is estimated using discounted cash flows and market-based expectations for interest rates, credit risk and the contractual terms of the debt instruments. As of September 26, 2025, the carrying value and fair value of our long-term debt, including the current portion, were $ 45,097 million and $ 40,677 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the carrying value and fair value of our long-term debt, including the current portion, were $ 43,023 million and $ 38,052 million, respectively.
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NOTE 17: OPERATING SEGMENTS
Information about our Company’s operations by operating segment and Corporate is as follows (in millions):
Europe, Middle East & Africa Latin
America North
America Asia Pacific Bottling
Investments Corporate Eliminations Consolidated
Three Months Ended September 26, 2025
Net operating revenues:
Third party $ 2,818 $ 1,572 $ 5,249 $ 1,438 $ 1,344 $ 34 $ — $ 12,455
Intersegment 178 1 4 68 2 — ( 253 ) —
Total net operating revenues 2,996 1,573 5,253 1,506 1,346 34 ( 253 ) 12,455
Cost of goods sold 867 281 2,523 471 955 ( 47 ) ( 253 ) 4,797
Selling, general and administrative expenses 1,032 395 1,049 514 334 294 — 3,618
Other operating charges — — — — — 58 — 58
Operating income (loss) $ 1,097 $ 897 $ 1,681 $ 521 $ 57 $ ( 271 ) $ — $ 3,982
Interest income 185
Interest expense 391
Equity income (loss) — net 644
Other income (loss) — net ( 237 )
Income before income taxes $ 4,183
Other segment information:
Capital expenditures $ 66 $ — $ 176 $ 12 $ 105 $ 120 $ — $ 479
Depreciation and amortization 40 8 83 12 78 47 — 268
Three Months Ended September 27, 2024
Net operating revenues:
Third party $ 2,555 $ 1,642 $ 5,037 $ 1,285 $ 1,314 $ 21 $ — $ 11,854
Intersegment 172 — 1 77 2 — ( 252 ) —
Total net operating revenues 2,727 1,642 5,038 1,362 1,316 21 ( 252 ) 11,854
Cost of goods sold 784 254 2,541 452 929 ( 44 ) ( 252 ) 4,664
Selling, general and administrative expenses 945 364 1,041 448 344 494 — 3,636
Other operating charges — 87 — — — 957 — 1,044
Operating income (loss) $ 998 $ 937 $ 1,456 $ 462 $ 43 $ ( 1,386 ) $ — $ 2,510
Interest income 263
Interest expense 425
Equity income (loss) — net 541
Other income (loss) — net 491
Income before income taxes $ 3,380
Other segment information:
Capital expenditures $ 54 $ — $ 144 $ 5 $ 150 $ 116 $ — $ 469
Depreciation and amortization 47 8 78 11 74 50 — 268
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Europe, Middle East & Africa Latin
America North
America Asia Pacific Bottling
Investments Corporate Eliminations Consolidated
Nine Months Ended September 26, 2025
Net operating revenues:
Third party $ 8,307 $ 4,636 $ 14,636 $ 4,227 $ 4,214 $ 99 $ — $ 36,119
Intersegment 522 1 7 272 6 — ( 808 ) —
Total net operating revenues 8,829 4,637 14,643 4,499 4,220 99 ( 808 ) 36,119
Cost of goods sold 2,521 818 7,034 1,337 2,983 ( 211 ) ( 808 ) 13,674
Selling, general and administrative expenses 2,821 1,030 2,966 1,370 1,002 1,133 — 10,322
Other operating charges — 31 — — — 171 — 202
Operating income (loss) $ 3,487 $ 2,758 $ 4,643 $ 1,792 $ 235 $ ( 994 ) $ — $ 11,921
Interest income 553
Interest expense 1,223
Equity income (loss) — net 1,556
Other income (loss) — net 229
Income before income taxes $ 13,036
Other segment information:
Capital expenditures $ 156 $ 1 $ 445 $ 17 $ 329 $ 282 $ — $ 1,230
Depreciation and amortization 139 23 245 34 230 143 — 814
Nine Months Ended September 27, 2024
Net operating revenues:
Third party $ 7,863 $ 4,824 $ 14,131 $ 3,946 $ 4,666 $ 87 $ — $ 35,517
Intersegment 524 — 7 419 6 — ( 956 ) —
Total net operating revenues 8,387 4,824 14,138 4,365 4,672 87 ( 956 ) 35,517
Cost of goods sold 2,333 820 7,166 1,287 3,290 ( 229 ) ( 956 ) 13,711
Selling, general and administrative expenses 2,694 1,114 2,883 1,313 1,085 1,447 — 10,536
Other operating charges — 87 760 — — 3,140 — 3,987
Operating income (loss) $ 3,360 $ 2,803 $ 3,329 $ 1,765 $ 297 $ ( 4,271 ) $ — $ 7,283
Interest income 784
Interest expense 1,225
Equity income (loss) — net 1,432
Other income (loss) — net 2,006
Income before income taxes $ 10,280
Other segment information:
Capital expenditures $ 156 $ 1 $ 361 $ 15 $ 478 $ 250 $ — $ 1,261
Depreciation and amortization 137 22 237 32 243 128 — 799
Information about total assets by segment is not disclosed because such information is not regularly provided to, or used by, our Chief Operating Decision Maker.
During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by acquisition and divestiture activities. Refer to Note 2. Additionally, during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2025 and September 27, 2024, our operating segments and Corporate were impacted by certain significant operating and nonoperating items. Refer to Note 12.
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