Key Considerations Before Investing in Mondelez International (MDLZ)

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, January 01 15:19 • Permanent Link

Mondelez International logged a 1.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $59.73 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. MDLZ's trading volume is 6,781,225 compared to the stock's average volume of 7,638,400.

Mondelez International trades -23.82% away from its average analyst target price of $78.4 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $67.0 to $92.0, and on average have given Mondelez International a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying MDLZ should be aware of the facts below:

Mondelez International's current price is 45.5% above its Graham number of $41.04, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Mondelez International has moved -18.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.82, Mondelez International has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
MDLZ has a forward P/E ratio of 17.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.43 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.87 compared to its sector average of 3.3
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.
Based in Chicago, the company has 91,000 full time employees and a market cap of $79.87 Billion. Mondelez International currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.0%.

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