Recently, The Coca Cola Company ( KO ) also hiked its quarterly dividend by 8.5% to 51 cents per share from 47 cents per share. KIMBERLY CLARK ( KMB ): Free Stock Analysis Report COCA COLA CO ( KO ): Free Stock Analysis Report PROCTER & GAMBL ( PG ): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. However, these were partially offset by rising input cost inflation, higher effective tax rate and lower net income from equity companies.