Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LSE:CCEP) delivered steady full-year 2025 results, reporting modest revenue growth alongside a slight uptick in volumes. The company recorded robust improvements in operating profit, earnings per share and free cash flow, supported by favourable pricing and product mix dynamics. Performance in away-from-home channels remained firm, while Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and energy drink categories continued to show strong momentum. These gains helped offset softer trading in more price-sensitive European markets and a challenging consumer environment in Indonesia.
CCEP reaffirmed its commitment to shareholder returns by maintaining a dividend payout ratio of around 50% and announcing a new €1 billion share repurchase programme. The move reflects management’s confidence in the group’s cash-generating capacity and balance sheet strength.
Operationally, the company pointed to ongoing efficiency initiatives and margin expansion, alongside increased commercial investment ahead of anticipated growth drivers, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Management emphasised its strategy of combining disciplined cost control with targeted brand investment to strengthen its role as a key partner to retailers in the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink market.
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is one of the largest bottlers and distributors of Coca-Cola products globally, with operations spanning Europe, Australia, the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The group manufactures, markets and distributes a wide portfolio of non-alcoholic beverages, including Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and leading energy drink brands, serving both at-home and out-of-home consumption channels across developed and emerging markets.
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