Why Are People Buying MDLZ Shares?

This afternoon we watched Mondelez International rise 1.3% to a price of $69.02 per share. The Large-Cap Packaged Foods company is now trading -11.17% below its average target price of $77.69. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $69.37 to $84.37 per share for Mondelez International, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.1%, and a short ratio of 1.97. The company's insiders own 0.17% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 83.7% of Mondelez International's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Mondelez International

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 124,068,949 $8,562,618,439
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 99,061,356 $6,836,719,423
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 58,599,222 $4,044,225,270
2023-12-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 36,406,133 $2,512,569,246
2023-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 3% 36,379,218 $2,510,711,708
2023-12-31 Capital Research Global Investors 2% 30,291,001 $2,090,533,415
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 2% 29,966,322 $2,068,125,694
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 26,734,251 $1,845,064,316
2023-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 2% 24,007,738 $1,656,894,023
2023-12-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 21,870,945 $1,509,423,255

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Mondelez International.

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