Cash flow generation remains erratic, evidenced by an OCF/NI ratio that fluctuated from 0.64 in 2025Q1 to 14.22 in 2025Q4, indicating inconsistent liquidity management.
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 | Dec'06 | Dec'05 | Dec'04 | Dec'03 | Dec'02 | Dec'01 | Dec'00 | Dec'99 | Dec'98 | Dec'97 | Dec'96 |
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| Cash from Operations | 35.12B | 26.04B | 42.44B | 42.29B | 35.49B | 32.72B | 35.15B | 31.29B | 29.54B | 33.24B | 32.45B | 23.2B | 24.41B | 22.1B | 23.65B | 15.31B | 14.35B | 16.66B | 12.72B | 8.95B | 8.46B | 6.49B | 7.79B | 2.51B | 3.78B | 3.39B | 2.51B | 2.69B | 1.38B | 1.29B | 1.32B |
| Operating CF Margin % | - | 8.93% | 15.17% | 17.25% | 15.65% | 16.8% | 19.14% | 16.09% | 16.2% | 18.14% | 18.26% | 15.23% | 16.57% | 14.16% | 16.01% | 12.42% | 13.87% | 16.21% | 15.32% | 12.93% | 14.67% | 12.01% | 15.23% | 7.04% | 21.57% | 19.51% | 15.08% | 18.98% | 10.87% | 11.51% | 12.93% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 158.61% | -38.65% | 0.36% | 19.15% | 8.47% | -6.9% | 12.33% | 5.91% | -11.11% | 2.43% | 39.84% | -4.93% | 10.45% | -6.57% | 54.5% | 6.68% | -13.89% | 31.04% | 42.01% | 5.8% | 30.4% | -16.64% | 210.42% | -33.58% | 11.34% | 35.2% | -6.62% | 94.14% | 7.48% | -2.19% | 117.62% |
| Net Income | 15.96B | 23.84B | 36.32B | 29.01B | 26.17B | 22.94B | 15.8B | 18.28B | 18.27B | -7.1B | 14.46B | 14.88B | 14.83B | 17.51B | 19.99B | 0 | 14.56B | 13.01B | 5.83B | 7.09B | 5.05B | 4.7B | 5.41B | 2.32B | 2.55B | 2.23B | 1.3B | 973.15M | 647.86M | 709.46M | 525.1M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 12.26B | 13.84B | 12.13B | 10.53B | 10.43B | 9.83B | 10.03B | 10.64B | 10.03B | 11.66B | 8.67B | 7.14B | 6.95B | 7.13B | 5.69B | 4.56B | 4.03B | 3.78B | 3.26B | 3.32B | 3.54B | 2.55B | 1.63B | 1.72B | 1.24B | 896.4M | 982.68M | 869.22M | 678.52M | 514.36M | 201.54M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Taxes | 1.01B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 127.88B | 1.41B | -2.78B | 179M | -31M | -1.69B | 4.14B | -28M | 3.08B | 29.94B | 5.62B | 3.24B | 2.62B | -769M | -3.42B | 13.9B | 1.78B | 1.18B | 7.73B | 0 | 0 | -123.09M | 366.39M | 272.8M | 190.79M | 193.33M | 263.44M | 206.93M | 140.45M | 237.02M | 380.24M |
| Working Capital Changes | -128.64B | -13.06B | -3.23B | 2.57B | -1.08B | 1.64B | 5.18B | 2.4B | -1.83B | -1.26B | 3.71B | -2.06B | 15M | -1.78B | 1.39B | -3.16B | -6.02B | -1.31B | -4.1B | -1.46B | -129.54M | -636.9M | 377.6M | -1.81B | -201.91M | 73.01M | -33.47M | 637.06M | -83.08M | -173.33M | 209.41M |
| Change in Receivables | -102.13B | -6.17B | -2.3B | -1.6B | -3.42B | -2.04B | 3.04B | -1.86B | -2.1B | -3.53B | -2.73B | -1.01B | -777M | -1.07B | -1.54B | -1.64B | -1.09B | -394M | -179M | 0 | 32.38M | 0 | -133.27M | 0 | 179.37M | 0 | -68.13M | -29.85M | -75.17M | 0 | -28.34M |
| Change in Inventory | -8.24B | -554.1M | -2.21B | -779M | -179M | -2.26B | 190M | -1.14B | -1.39B | -482M | -2.14B | -1.78B | -588M | -623M | -731M | -1.78B | 5M | 33M | -486M | -675.37M | -507.37M | -42.46M | -310.97M | -371.41M | -211.7M | -138.03M | -15.07M | -36.58M | 63.3M | -127.38M | 188.15M |
| Change in Payables | -54.28B | -7.11B | 5.15B | 3.74B | 3.42B | 4.45B | -1.04B | 5.73B | 1.67B | 3.72B | 11.2B | 3.33B | 4.98B | 2.92B | 5.23B | -301M | 585M | 2.81B | 71M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash from Investing | -21.63B | -22.02B | -23.39B | -20.07B | -19.6B | -9.55B | -10.51B | -10.74B | -9.25B | -10.89B | -26.91B | -10.95B | -11.14B | -49.48B | -10.99B | -14.14B | -6.84B | -8.9B | -9.15B | -4.74B | -3.07B | -2.03B | -1.76B | -31.46B | -1.33B | -783.64M | -897.68M | -851.59M | -1.29B | -2B | -1.41B |
| Capital Expenditures | -14.61B | -21.66B | -23.94B | -20.63B | -17.73B | -9.99B | -9.94B | -11.74B | -11.29B | -9.71B | -14.08B | -11.5B | -11.5B | -11.87B | -9.98B | -8.3B | -6.86B | -6.87B | -6.11B | -2.86B | -2.04B | -1.19B | -1.34B | -1.55B | -860.21M | -699.04M | -757.85M | -739.92M | -1.21B | -920.68M | -960.45M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 6.64% | 7.43% | 8.56% | 8.42% | 7.82% | 5.13% | 5.42% | 6.04% | 6.19% | 5.3% | 7.92% | 7.55% | 7.8% | 7.61% | 6.75% | 6.74% | 6.63% | 6.69% | 7.37% | 4.14% | 3.54% | 2.2% | 2.63% | 4.35% | 4.91% | 4.02% | 4.56% | 5.23% | 9.52% | 8.23% | 9.43% |
| Acquisitions | 233.03M | 0 | -751M | -1.28B | -2.36B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.96B | 366.23M | -13.2B | 253.42M | 152.55M | -28.75B | -818.54M | -4.33B | 0 | -76.37M | -3.1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -29.55B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -7.32B | 127.71M | 1.3B | 1.84B | -719M | 441M | 1.01B | 1.57B | 1.39B | -26.99M | 359.95M | 302.58M | 113.05M | 115M | 1.54M | 11M | 18M | -18.46M | 56.75M | -806.08M | -1.03B | -836.75M | -412.94M | -354.31M | -471.79M | -84.59M | -139.83M | -111.68M | -76.16M | -1.08B | -450.31M |
| Cash from Financing | -32.13M | -6.35B | -19.64B | -26.35B | -20.85B | -20.26B | 417M | -22.79B | -14.27B | -10.78B | -9.73B | -8.57B | -11.35B | 23.51B | 60M | -2.21B | -2.01B | -6.03B | -4.62B | -1.74B | -3.04B | -6.25B | -5.45B | 25.32B | -806.44M | -90.89M | -267.93M | -1.47B | -141.44M | 286.2M | 474.71M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 72.3B | 10.95B | 510M | -8.94B | -2.97B | -3.63B | 16.54B | -10.22B | -531M | -621M | 3.09B | -7.17B | -310M | 29.77B | 7.76B | 4.16B | 991M | -4.78B | -3.93B | -326.79M | -1.37B | -4.66B | -5.59B | 15.54B | -19.56M | -17.61M | 5.21M | -1.08B | 467.84M | 540.96M | 1.14B |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.08B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 518.27M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.79B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividends Paid | -142.03B | -14.76B | -12.87B | -12.28B | -11.46B | -10.65B | -10.28B | -7.44B | -7.04B | -6.99B | -7.01B | -6.42B | -6.03B | -6B | -5.73B | -4.37B | -2.61B | -1.34B | -945M | -827.87M | -712.47M | -636.9M | -533.09M | 0 | -581.1M | -299.54M | -236.63M | -174.58M | -166.17M | -108.84M | -51.17M |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | 69.69B | -2.54B | -7.28B | -5.14B | -6.41B | -5.99B | -5.84B | -5.14B | -6.7B | -7.24B | -5.81B | 5.02B | -5.01B | -785.27M | -1.97B | -2B | -387M | 97M | 252M | -588.22M | -960.75M | -957.64M | 667M | -21.26M | -205.78M | 226.26M | -36.52M | -220.3M | -443.12M | -145.92M | -610.91M |
| Net Change in Cash | 14.4B | -579.94M | 1.72B | -9.22B | -6.97B | 3.75B | 23.01B | -3.24B | 4.96B | 8.29B | -5.51B | 3.03B | -2.35B | -7.92B | 11.38B | -203M | 4.69B | 1.26B | -1.35B | 2.47B | 2.35B | -1.94B | 577.51M | -3.63B | 1.64B | 2.52B | 1.34B | 363.08M | -45.5M | -429.7M | 380.24M |
| Free Cash Flow | 15.47B | 5.72B | 16.65B | 21.66B | 17.76B | 22.73B | 60.35B | 19.54B | 18.25B | 18.41B | 19.75B | 11.7B | 12.91B | 10.23B | 13.67B | 7.01B | 6.16B | 9.73B | 7.03B | 6.09B | 6.42B | 5.42B | 6.5B | 957.96M | 2.92B | 2.69B | 1.75B | 1.95B | 172.1M | 366.82M | 355.84M |
| FCF Margin % | 7.03% | 1.96% | 5.95% | 8.84% | 7.83% | 11.67% | 32.87% | 10.05% | 10.01% | 10.05% | 11.11% | 7.68% | 8.76% | 6.55% | 9.26% | 5.69% | 5.96% | 9.47% | 8.47% | 8.79% | 11.13% | 10.04% | 12.71% | 2.69% | 16.66% | 15.49% | 10.52% | 13.75% | 1.35% | 3.28% | 3.49% |
| FCF Growth % | 71.61% | -65.65% | -23.12% | 21.97% | -21.89% | -62.33% | 208.79% | 7.07% | -0.87% | -6.78% | 68.81% | -9.36% | 26.25% | -25.22% | 95.15% | 13.73% | -36.7% | 38.47% | 15.43% | -5.2% | 18.41% | -16.51% | 578.21% | -67.14% | 8.29% | 53.79% | -10.06% | 1030.97% | -53.08% | 3.09% | 343.07% |
| FCF per Share | 9.20 | 272.23 | 79.25 | 103.09 | 84.52 | 108.20 | 287.27 | 93.03 | 86.88 | 88.05 | 95.20 | 56.45 | 62.28 | 49.73 | 67.86 | 37.56 | 33.37 | 52.71 | 38.07 | 32.98 | 34.78 | 29.38 | 35.20 | 5.62 | 20.46 | 18.89 | 12.29 | 13.66 | 1.21 | 2.57 | 2.80 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 0.97x | 1.09x | 1.79x | 2.16x | 1.86x | 2.08x | 3.41x | 2.59x | 2.12x | -2.60x | 3.22x | 2.27x | 2.32x | 1.91x | 1.77x | 1.44x | 1.46x | 1.96x | 2.27x | 1.30x | 1.73x | 1.37x | 1.31x | 1.08x | 1.48x | 1.52x | 1.94x | 2.76x | 2.14x | 1.51x | 1.85x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Working Capital Volatility
As reported in recent financial statements, KOF's OCF/NI ratio has exhibited extreme volatility, ranging from 0.64 in 2025Q1 to 14.22 in 2025Q4, suggesting that net income is a poor proxy for the actual cash-generating capacity of the underlying bottling operations on a quarterly basis.
The significant divergence between net income and operating cash flow indicates that non-cash items and accruals are heavily influencing reported profitability. Investors should monitor whether this volatility stems from seasonal accounting adjustments or underlying structural challenges in reconciling earnings with cash inflows.
Based on the provided quarterly data, KOF's free cash flow margins have fluctuated wildly, swinging from a negative 22.7% in 2025Q4 to a positive 10.8% in 2026Q1, which highlights the difficulty in maintaining consistent cash generation amidst varying capital expenditure and working capital requirements.
The erratic FCF trajectory suggests that the company's ability to fund internal growth and shareholder returns is highly sensitive to short-term operational timing. This inconsistency warrants further investigation into whether the business model is becoming more capital-intensive than historical trends would imply.
According to the latest quarterly filings, KOF's capital expenditure as a percentage of revenue has reached as high as 14.0% in 2024Q4, reflecting a heavy reliance on continuous investment in its returnable glass bottle infrastructure and cooler placement density to maintain its competitive moat.
The elevated capital intensity suggests that the company must constantly reinvest a significant portion of its revenue just to sustain its existing distribution network. This persistent need for capital expenditure may limit the company's ability to generate excess cash during periods of top-line stagnation.
As evidenced by the data, working capital changes have been highly erratic, including a massive outflow of $128.7 billion MXN in 2025Q4, which appears to be a significant outlier that severely impacted the company's liquidity position during that specific reporting period.
Such dramatic swings in working capital suggest potential inefficiencies in inventory management or collection cycles that could be masking underlying operational stress. Analysts should scrutinize whether these fluctuations are temporary timing differences or indicative of a structural deterioration in the company's cash conversion cycle.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying KOF stock.
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF) generated $26.04B in net cash from operating activities in 2025. This reflects the cash generated directly from core business operations.
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF) generated $5.72B in free cash flow in 2025. Free cash flow is the cash left over after capital expenditures, which can be used to pay dividends, repurchase shares, or pay down debt.
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF) spent $21.66B on capital expenditures in 2025. CapEx represents the cash invested in physical assets like property, plant, and equipment to maintain or grow the business.
In 2025, Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF) returned $14.76B to shareholders via cash dividends. This shows the company's commitment to returning capital to its equity investors.