Mondelez International, Inc. · MDLZ · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025

Mondelez: Brand investment continues as cocoa costs pressure 2025

The supplied analysis supports a mixed outlook: Mondelez has durable brand, channel and cash-flow supports, but near-term earnings growth is constrained by cocoa costs and depends on pricing and productivity offsetting margin pressure.

Reported After market closeNASDAQConsumer Defensive $81.57B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.66
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $9.69B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +2.3% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +1.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +16.2% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the outlook is less favorable: cocoa costs now drive an expected 2025 EPS decline of about 10%, guidance sentiment is lowered, and tariff risk is more prominent. Brand investment, e-commerce and Evirth remain strategic supports.

Guidance delta

Management’s guidance sentiment was lowered: the supplied analysis points to roughly 5% 2025 top-line growth, an approximately 10% EPS decline and $3 billion-plus free cash flow.

Key takeaways

  • 2024 delivered mid-single-digit organic revenue growth and $3.5 billion of free cash flow.
  • Higher cocoa costs are expected to pressure 2025 earnings, with the analysis pointing to an EPS decline of about 10%.
  • Management highlighted brand reinvestment, e-commerce expansion, Evirth and revenue-growth-management initiatives.
  • The 2025 outlook includes roughly 5% top-line growth and $3 billion-plus of free cash flow.
  • Pricing, elasticity, North American biscuits and potential tariffs are the main watchpoints.

Management priorities

  • Reinvest in Oreo, Cadbury, Ritz and other core brands.
  • Expand global e-commerce and digital distribution.
  • Execute revenue-growth management and price-pack architecture across $5 billion of net revenue.
  • Deliver a 4% supply-chain productivity program in 2025.
  • Advance Evirth and new product collaborations while maintaining the $9 billion repurchase authorization.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
MDLZ REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $9B Q4 '23 actual $9B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $9B Q1 '24 actual $9B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $8B Q2 '24 actual $8B, miss Q3 '24 estimate $9B Q3 '24 actual $9B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $9B Q2 '25 actual $9B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $10B Q3 '25 actual $10B, match Q4 '25 estimate $10B Q4 '25 actual $10B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $10B Q1 '26 actual $10B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $9B Q2 '26 actual $9B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $10B Q4 '26 estimate $11B Q1 '27 estimate $10B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy42 ratings
Bullish3276.2%
Neutral819.0%
Bearish24.8%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$63.51Current
$61Low
$69.97Average
$84High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 16, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 16, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 5, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJul 29, 2026
BNP Paribas Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $63.51. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$70$64.99 +10.2%Jul 30, 2026
UBSPeter Grom$68$65.53 +7.1%Jul 29, 2026
Coker PalmerThomas Palmer$72$62.48 +13.4%Jul 29, 2026
BTIGRob Dickerson$73$62.48 +14.9%Jul 29, 2026
JefferiesScott Marks$73$62.48 +14.9%Jul 29, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Mondelez International, Inc. operates as a prominent global entity in the snack and beverage sector, focusing on the production, promotion, and distribution of a wide array of food items. Its extensive reach spans multiple continents, including North America, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The company's diverse product portfolio encompasses biscuits (such as cookies, crackers, and various savory snacks), chocolates, chewing gums, candies, as well as selection of cheese and general grocery products, and powdered beverage mixes.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-01-21T00:01:13.267231+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-19T13:00:45.677654+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-19T13:00:45.674880+00:00

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-19. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.