Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (0QKN) Price & Analysis
0QKN Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- CHF 84,800.00 - CHF 86,900.00
- 52-Week Range
- CHF 77,500.00 - CHF 130,400.00
- Previous Close
- CHF 85,900.00
- Volume
- 1
- Average Volume (3M)
- 10
- Market Cap
- CHF 19.47B
- Enterprise Value
- CHF 23.44B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- CHF 410.70M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- CHF 1.85B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 27.1
- Beta
- 0.65
- Next Earnings
- Mar 09, 2027
- EPS Estimate
- 2,282.37
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.07%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Premium Brand Strength
A leading global brand supports premium positioning, customer recognition, and pricing power across retail and direct channels. Rising brand value and successful product platforms can reinforce market share, improve merchandising leverage, and support durable growth beyond seasonal demand.
Resilient Growth And Profitability
Consistent revenue expansion alongside strong and improving operating profitability indicates resilient demand and effective cost management. Management's maintained growth and margin targets provide a framework for continued earnings progression, while healthy margins support reinvestment in brands, innovation, and distribution.
Conservative Balance Sheet
Moderate leverage gives Lindt financial flexibility to fund store expansion, innovation, and capacity investment without relying excessively on additional borrowing. Healthy returns on equity also indicate productive use of capital, supporting resilience if consumer demand or operating costs become less favorable.
Bears Say
Volume And Pricing Pressure
Growth has been driven heavily by price increases rather than underlying volume, creating a risk that consumers trade down or reduce purchases. Europe represents almost half of group sales, so persistent elasticity and weak volumes there could limit organic growth and pressure future revenue quality.
Cocoa Cost Pressure
Higher cocoa costs directly challenge gross-margin sustainability in a chocolate-focused business. Lindt may offset part of the pressure through pricing, mix, and productivity, but continued commodity volatility can compress profitability, increase consumer resistance to further price rises, and complicate planning.
Weak And Inconsistent Cash Conversion
The sharp decline in operating and free cash flow shows that accounting earnings have not consistently translated into cash generation. Weaker conversion can constrain funding for expansion and shareholder returns, while working-capital swings increase dependence on balance-sheet resources during periods of higher investment or costs.
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Company Description
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, along with its associated entities, operates globally in the production and distribution of chocolate confectionery. The company's diverse range of products is marketed under prominent brands including Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman's, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Küfferle, and Pangburn's. It reaches consumers through both an extensive network of external distributors and nearly 500 proprietary retail stores. The enterprise was founded in 1845 and is based in Kilchberg, Switzerland.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Food Confectioners
- CEO
- Dieter Weisskopf
- Employees
- 14,747
- Website
- www.lindt-spruengli.com
- Address
- Seestrasse 204, Kilchberg, ZH, 8802, CH
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (0QKN) Earnings & Revenues
0QKN Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentNeutral
The call balanced clear operational and financial improvements against meaningful near-term challenges. Positives include solid organic sales (+4.3%), strong regional growth in North America (+12.7%) and Rest of World (+10.2%), improved profitability (EBIT margin 11.2%), a strong free cash flow turnaround, and reinforced brand strength (brand value +24%). Offsetting these are significant volume declines (-7.5% in H1), Europe weakness (-2.1%), higher material costs (+220 bps) and net debt increase to CHF 1.6 billion, plus ongoing cocoa-price and geopolitical uncertainty that weigh on travel retail and margins. Management maintained full-year guidance and reiterated medium-term targets, while outlining targeted actions to restore volumes (price-pack changes, brand investment, innovation and retail expansion). Given the mix of substantive operational strengths and important volume/cost headwinds, the tone of the call is cautious but constructive.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 6 | 0 | 6 |