profit from every CHF 100 of sales.
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Givaudan SA
CHF 4,090.00-0.02% today
+31.2% in 1 year
1-year low CHF 2,627.001-year high CHF 4,105.00
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay CHF 35.25 for every CHF 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Givaudan SA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CHF 7.12 billion in 2022 to CHF 7.47 billion in 2025, with CHF 1.07 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Givaudan SA handed back 53% of the cash it generated last year.
CHF 645M
Free cash flow 2025CHF 1.2B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividendsCHF 645M
Cash vs. debtCHF 738M vs. CHF 4.4B
Givaudan SA vs. similar companies
Givaudan SA grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from CHF 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per CHF 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givaudan SA | 35.3× · Expensive | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.8× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 32.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Givaudan SA's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,117 | 6,915 | 7,412 | 7,472 | |
| 2,762 | 2,846 | 3,271 | 3,252 | |
| 1,095 | 1,108 | 1,406 | 1,375 | |
| 1,392 | 1,465 | 1,793 | 1,787 | |
| 856 | 893 | 1,090 | 1,071 | |
| 92.51 | 96.47 | 117.63 | – | |
| 38.8% | 41.2% | 44.1% | 43.5% | |
| 15.4% | 16.0% | 19.0% | 18.4% | |
| 12.0% | 12.9% | 14.7% | 14.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 11,509 | 11,128 | 12,099 | 11,864 |
| Cash | 475 | 600 | 749 | 738 |
| Total debt | 5,005 | 4,905 | 4,751 | 4,416 |
| Total liabilities | 7,272 | 7,130 | 7,521 | 7,296 |
| 4,232 | 3,993 | 4,578 | 4,537 | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | – | |
| 9.5% | 10.6% | 13.1% | 13.5% | |
| 20.2% | 22.4% | 23.8% | 23.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 948 | 1,373 | 1,625 | 1,512 | |
| 304 | 275 | 293 | 305 | |
| 644 | 1,098 | 1,332 | 1,207 | |
| Dividends paid | 607 | 617 | 627 | 645 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | 29 | 59 | 52 |
Valuation
- 35.3×
- –
- –
- 8.2×
- 5.1×
- 31.3×
- 23.2×
- 3.2%
- 2.8%
- 1.7%
Profitability
- 43.5%
- 18.4%
- 14.3%
- –
- 13.5%
- 11.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.6%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 0.97
- –
- 12.5×
- 1.74
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 20%of 989
Top 26%of 953
Bottom 27%of 777
Bottom 42%of 939
Top 41%of 990
1.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$17a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
60.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 53.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
37No pass
Philip Fisher
45No pass
Peter Lynch
44No pass
Joel Greenblatt
13No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
47No pass
Questions about Givaudan SA
Is Givaudan SA a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Givaudan SA AI analysis
What does Givaudan SA do?
Givaudan SA engages in the manufacture, supply, and sale of fragrance, beauty, taste, and wellbeing products to the consumer goods industry. It operates in two divisions, Fragrance & Beauty, and Taste & Wellbeing. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Vernier, Switzerland, with 17,580 employees.
Does Givaudan SA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.7% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out CHF 645 million in dividends.
Is Givaudan SA stock halal?
Yes. Givaudan SA passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 12% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Givaudan SA stock done over the past year?
Up 31.2% over the past twelve months, to CHF 4,090.00. It traded between CHF 2,627.00 and CHF 4,105.00, close to its high.
Who are Givaudan SA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, Ecolab and The Sherwin-Williams. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Givaudan SA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.