OTC · Food Confectioners

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) Stock

$11.50 +0.35% OTC: CHLSY Consumer Defensive

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, including its subsidiaries, operates globally as a manufacturer and seller of chocolate confectionery. The company markets its wide range of products under well-known brand names such as Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman's, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Küfferle, and Pangburn's.

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$11.50
Market Cap$26.53B
P/E Ratio30.26
P/B Ratio4.48
P/S Ratio3.63
EPS (TTM)$0.38
52-Week High$17.00
52-Week Low$10.94
Dividend Yield2.00%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE15.03%
ROA7.86%
ROCE12.92%
Gross Margin23.81%
Operating Margin16.49%
Net Margin12.39%
Debt/Equity0.36
Current Ratio1.83

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.6B$5.0B$5.2B$5.5B$5.9B
Operating Profit$645.0M$745.0M$813.0M$884.0M$981.0M
Net Profit$491.0M$570.0M$671.0M$672.0M$727.0M
EPS$2.02$2.39$2.86$2.90$3.16
Op Margin14.1%15.0%15.6%16.2%16.6%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Total Assets$9.1B$8.1B$7.9B$9.2B$9.3B
Total Liabilities$3.9B$3.7B$3.6B$4.3B$4.3B
Cash$937.0M$865.0M$462.0M$931.0M$668.0M
Borrowings$1.5B$1.4B$1.4B$1.7B$1.8B

Latest News

Lindt falls as H1 Europe sales miss overshadows cost-led margin beat Investing.com · Jul 21, 2026 Lindt’s Price Hikes Start Melting Moby · Jun 29, 2026

Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Operating Cash Flow$827.0M$756.0M$779.0M$1.2B$520.0M
Investing Cash Flow$-353.0M$-208.0M$-602.0M$-623.0M$-605.0M
Financing Cash Flow$-506.0M$-627.0M$-668.0M$-382.0M$-414.0M
Net Cash Flow$89.0M$-73.0M$-402.0M$552.0M$-346.0M
Free Cash Flow$586.0M$526.0M$477.0M$868.0M$247.0M

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio2.21
EV / EBITDA19.90
FCF Yield1.16%
Quick Ratio1.16
Interest Coverage29.37
Return 1Y-26.35%
Return 3Y—
Return 5Y—

Ownership

Insiders Held0.00%
Institutions Held0.00%
Institutions Float Held0.00%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
Copeland Capital Management, LLC4902026-03-31
Salomon & Ludwin, LLC692026-03-31
Rhumbline Advisers16,1892026-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
DQJCFPan Pacific International Holdings Corporation $5.28 +4.87% 23.52 $15.77B 1.33%
EDVGFEndeavour Group Limited $2.25 +0.00% 16.26 $4.04B 6.67%
FPAFFFirst Pacific Company Limited $0.65 -4.51% 4.40 $2.76B 6.15%
FPAFYFirst Pacific Company Limited $3.48 +1.40% 4.41 $2.96B 7.76%
HEGIFHengan International Group Company Limited $3.20 +0.00% 9.14 $3.68B 6.25%

About Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, including its subsidiaries, operates globally as a manufacturer and seller of chocolate confectionery. The company markets its wide range of products under well-known brand names such as Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman's, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Küfferle, and Pangburn's. It engages with consumers through an expansive network of distributors and approximately 500 company-owned retail locations. This enterprise was founded in 1845 and its corporate headquarters are situated in Kilchberg, Switzerland.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is headquartered in CH.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) stock trades at $11.50 with a market capitalization of $26.53B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.26, price-to-book of 4.48, price-to-sales of 3.63. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $10.94 and $17.00, and currently trades 32.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.00%.

On profitability, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.03%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 12.92%, an operating margin of 16.49%, a net profit margin of 12.39%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG reported annual revenue of $5.9B, net profit of $727.0M, revenue has compounded at 8.1% a year over the last five years, profit at 17.7% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.83, total assets of $9.3B, $668.0M in cash and equivalents.

CHLSY has an average daily trading volume of 92,603 shares, a beta of 0.46 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.lindt-spruengli.com

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