Mondelez International

MDLZ

Market cap $74.2B

Cocoa prices are already retreating back toward normal levels from the unusual highs they reached in 2024 and 2025. Because large buyers like Mondelēz hedge their costs by locking in purchases in advance, they aren't fully seeing the benefit of those lower prices yet, which is creating a near-term earnings disconnect.

CHICAGO, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ) will release its first quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 4:05 p.m. ET and will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET that day.

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MDLZ's chocolate sales rise 11.4% in 2025 as pricing offsets cocoa cost pressure, but volume declines raise questions about how durable that growth is.

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Mondelēz is upgraded to a cautious Buy, driven by anticipated margin recovery in 2027 as cocoa price declines flow through. MDLZ faced margin pressure from past high cocoa costs, but hedging means benefits from lower prices will materialize with a lag. Competitive risks from potential chocolate price wars could offset some margin gains in 2027.

The ~65 million Swiss Francs (CHF) investment announced in 2025 to create the global "Center of Excellence" for Toblerone in Bern is a clear commitment to Switzerland, where the iconic brand was founded in 1908. Today, the Swiss plant produces ~90 % of global Toblerone demand.

Mondelez is a dividend dynamo that should see its payout grow at a high-single-digit pace. The snack food maker also boasts 4% organic sales growth on an operating margin of 18%.