24/36 against 28/36 checks · to 2026-09-11

KO vs NVDA.

Coca-ColaSells concentrate and syrup to bottlers for the world's best-known drinks.

NVIDIADesigns the GPUs that train and run most of the world's AI models.

→NVIDIA (NVDA) is 13.8 times the size of Coca-Cola (KO) at $5.26T against $379.9B, and on the filings NVIDIA passes more, 28 checks of 36 against 24.

Which passes more checks?

widest gap first

→No axis separates them by more than 2 of six checks, and the widest is Value.

	KO	NVDA
Value	1/6	3/6
Growth	3/6	5/6
Financial health	4/6	6/6
Quality	6/6	5/6
Shareholder returns	6/6	5/6
Trend	4/6	4/6
All checks	24/36	28/36

→NVIDIA turns over $303.0B to Coca-Cola's $49.3B, 6.1 times as much. Coca-Cola keeps 27.8% of revenue as profit against 63.7% at NVIDIA.

Which is cheaper?

→NVIDIA is the cheaper of the two on earnings, 27.7x against 27.8x. Against their own histories, Coca-Cola is above its 22.2x median and NVIDIA is below its 33.9x.

	KO	NVDA
Share price	$88.29	$218.29
Market cap	$379.9B	$5.26T
P/E	27.8x	27.7x
P/E, own median own 11-year median / own 11-year median	22.2x	33.9x
P/S	7.7x	17.4x
Free cash flow yield	3.3%	2.4%

Which is growing faster, KO or NVDA?

→NVIDIA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months, +83.4% against +5.1% at Coca-Cola - 78 points apart. Over three years the order is reversed: NVIDIA compounds at +100.0% against +3.7%.

	KO	NVDA
Revenue (TTM)	$49.3B	$303.0B
Revenue growth, 1 year	+5.1%	+83.4%
Revenue CAGR, 3 years	+3.7%	+100.0%
Net income (TTM)	$13.7B	$192.9B
Free cash flow (TTM)	$12.6B	$127.0B

Which balance sheet is stronger?

→NVIDIA carries much the lighter balance sheet, 0.15x of debt to equity against 1.30x - which matters most in the year a downturn arrives, not this one.

	KO	NVDA
Debt / equity	1.30x	0.15x
Interest coverage	8.8x	426.7x
Cash and short-term investments	$10.6B	$56.6B

Which keeps more of each sale?

→NVIDIA keeps more of each sale: gross margin of 74.7% against 61.7%, a gap of 13 points that flows into everything below it.

	KO	NVDA
Gross margin	61.7%	74.7%
Operating margin	29.3%	65.2%
Return on equity	40.7%	84.2%

Which hands more back to owners?

→Both pay: Coca-Cola yields the more at 2.4% against 0.5%. A yield rises when a price falls, so read it beside the payout checks in each report.

	KO	NVDA
Dividend yield	2.4%	0.5%
Payout ratio	64.7%	3.5%
Years of unbroken dividend	-	-

Where they differ most

the checks behind the gap

Value: NVIDIA 2 ahead

NVDA passesCheaper than its own history (earnings) 27.74 vs 33.86
NVDA passesBetter cash yield than its own history 2.4% vs 2.2%
NVDA passesPrice isn't outrunning growth PEG 0.14

KO failsCheaper than its own history (earnings) 27.79 vs 22.15
KO failsEarnings yield beats a long bond (4%) 3.6% vs 4.0%
KO failsBetter cash yield than its own history 3.3% vs 4.1%

Growth: NVIDIA 2 ahead

NVDA passesOutgrew its sector over the last twelve months 83.4% vs 22.1% (sector 70th pct, n=164)
NVDA passesSustained growth beats its sector (3 years) 100.0% vs 11.4% (sector 70th pct, n=162)
NVDA passesProfits grew over the last twelve months 122.7% vs 0.0%

KO failsOutgrew its sector over the last twelve months 5.1% vs 6.4% (sector 70th pct, n=55)
KO failsSustained growth beats its sector (3 years) 3.7% vs 7.0% (sector 70th pct, n=55)
KO failsProfit growth beats its sector (3 years) 11.2% vs 13.2% (sector 70th pct, n=36)