Why Are People Talking About Investing in MDLZ?

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, December 06 16:57 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Mondelez International, a Packaged Foods company whose shares moved 0.9% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Mondelez International has moved 5.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
MDLZ has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.39% away from its mean target price of $80.45 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.34
Mondelez International has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.49 and its forward P/E ratio is 20.4
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.4 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Mondelez International is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 21.21 and an average P/B of 4.12
MDLZ has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 85.7% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $4.39 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Mondelez International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells snack food and beverage products in the Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It provides biscuits and baked snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, snack bars, and cakes and pastries; chocolates; and gums and candies, as well as various cheese and grocery, and powdered beverage products. The company's brand portfolio includes Oreo, Ritz, LU, CLIF Bar, and Tate's Bake Shop biscuits and baked snacks, as well as Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka, and Toblerone chocolate. It serves supermarket chains, wholesalers, supercenters, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets through direct store delivery, company-owned and satellite warehouses, third party distributors, and other facilities, as well as through independent sales offices and agents. The company was formerly known as Kraft Foods Inc. and changed its name to Mondelez International, Inc. in October 2012. Mondelez International, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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