Givaudan S.A. (GVDBF) Stock

About Givaudan S.A.

Givaudan S.A., a company with roots tracing back to 1796 and headquartered in Vernier, Switzerland, serves as a prominent global supplier to the consumer goods industry. It specializes in developing, manufacturing, and distributing a broad portfolio of products centered on fragrance, beauty, taste, and overall wellbeing. The organization operates through two primary segments. Its Fragrance & Beauty division is dedicated to crafting exquisite fine fragrances, formulating scents for a multitude of consumer items, and producing both fragrance ingredients and advanced active beauty components. Concurrently, the Taste & Wellbeing division provides diverse flavor solutions across an extensive array of food and beverage categories. These offerings encompass beverages ranging from soft drinks, juices, bottled water, and ready-to-drink options to alcoholic and hot drinks; a variety of dairy and cheese products, including yogurts, ice creams, chilled desserts, and spreads; snacks such as rice crackers and cassava chips; savory and nutraceutical applications; baked goods like biscuits, crackers, and cereals; and confectionery items such as chewing gums, chocolates, and sweets. Givaudan maintains a widespread international presence, conducting business throughout Switzerland, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region.

Givaudan S.A. is headquartered in CH.

Givaudan S.A. (GVDBF) stock trades at $3962.90 with a market capitalization of $36.58B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.98, price-to-book of 7.07, price-to-sales of 3.33. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $3220.99 and $4529.16, and currently trades 12.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.14%.

On profitability, Givaudan S.A. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 27.97% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 19.63%, an operating margin of 18.42%, a net profit margin of 13.38%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Givaudan S.A. reported annual revenue of $7.5B, net profit of $1.1B, revenue has compounded at 3.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 7.6% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.29, total assets of $11.9B, $738.0M in cash and equivalents.

GVDBF has an average daily trading volume of 38 shares, a beta of 0.68 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.givaudan.com