Atlanta-based Coca-Cola reverses sales volume slide, sending revenue up 6% in the fourth quarter

Cans of Coca-Cola are on display at a grocery market in Uniontown, Pa, April 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Coca-Cola posted better-than-expected revenue in the fourth quarter as its sales volumes rose in the U.S., China and elsewhere.

Revenue for the Atlanta beverage giant rose 6% to $11.5 billion. That was better than the $10.68 billion Wall Street was expecting, according to analysts polled by FactSet.

Analysts had expected Coke’s unit case volumes to be up less than 1%. But the company reported unit case volumes up 2%, reversing a 1% decline in the third quarter.