CHLS.Y Stock Overview

Engages in the manufacture and sale of chocolate products worldwide. More details

CHLS.Y fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 10.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 6.36% per year

Earnings grew by 7.7% over the past year

Risk Analysis

No risks detected for CHLS.Y from our risk checks.

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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG Competitors

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	CHF 11.25
52 Week High	CHF 14.32
52 Week Low	CHF 10.05
Beta	0.34
1 Month Change	-0.22%
3 Month Change	-12.79%
1 Year Change	-9.64%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-88.67%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CHLS.Y	US Food	US Market
7D	6.3%	0.6%	0.6%
1Y	-9.6%	-6.1%	23.7%

Return vs Industry: CHLS.Y underperformed the US Food industry which returned -6% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CHLS.Y underperformed the US Market which returned 23.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CHLS.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CHLS.Y volatility
CHLS.Y Average Weekly Movement	8.1%
Food Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.5%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: CHLS.Y has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: CHLS.Y's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1845	14,500	Adalbert Lechner	www.lindt-spruengli.com

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of chocolate products worldwide. The company sells its products under the Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman’s, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Küfferle, and Pangburn’s brands. It serves customers through a network of independent distributors, as well as through own shops.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG Fundamentals Summary

How do Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CHLS.Y fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$25.75b
Earnings (TTM)	US$759.12m
Revenue (TTM)	US$5.93b

33.7x

P/E Ratio

4.3x

P/S Ratio

Is CHLS.Y overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CHLS.Y income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CHF 5.35b
Cost of Revenue	CHF 1.76b
Gross Profit	CHF 3.59b
Other Expenses	CHF 2.91b
Earnings	CHF 684.90m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Mar 04, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.96k
Gross Margin	67.08%
Net Profit Margin	12.80%
Debt/Equity Ratio	28.9%

How did CHLS.Y perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.4%

Current Dividend Yield

47%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/29 06:49
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is covered by 36 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andreas von Arx	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Volker Bosse	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Jean-Philippe Bertschy	Bank Vontobel AG

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