Jim Cramer on Coca-Cola’s Retiring CEO: “He Will Be missed”

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is one of the stocks in focus on Jim Cramer’s game plan. Cramer noted the CEO’s retirement, as he commented:

On Tuesday, we’re back in heavy earnings rotation. We’ve got DuPont, Coca-Cola, CVS Health, AstraZeneca, Datadog, and S&P Global report… PepsiCo stock went insane this week. It looks like the old PepsiCo with growth in snacks, except this time the growth occurred because they cut price. Coca-Cola doesn’t have that nagging snack business… you know, that’s been hurt by GLP-1s. But they’ve got a new CEO, and this is James Quincey’s last quarter. He will be missed.

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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) produces and sells beverages, including soft drinks, water, juices, coffee, tea, sports drinks, and plant-based beverages. The company’s major brands include Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Dasani, dogadan, Maaza, Minute Maid, and Simply. During the November 14, 2025, episode, Cramer mentioned the stock when a club member asked for his top three picks, highlighting that they would like to invest in stocks that provide good dividends. Cramer said:

Okay, we don’t have a lot of really good dividend stocks in part that’s because I am more growth oriented, and the yields I’m getting are not that great right now because stocks have moved up a lot. So, but I would tell you that away from that, the ones that I’ve been looking at are Kimberly, Procter & Gamble, and Coca-Cola, okay? Those are the three. I’m not going to recommend Bristol-Myers because Bristol-Myers has become a serial disappointer.

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