profit from every CHF 100 of sales.
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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli
CHF 8,680.00-0.40% today
-25.9% in 1 year
1-year low CHF 7,500.001-year high CHF 12,950.00
Trading in the middle of its range for 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 130.17 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 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from CHF 4.97 billion in 2022 to CHF 5.92 billion in 2025, with CHF 727 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks CHF 333MCHF 345M
Free cash flow 2025CHF 190M
Bought back its own sharesCHF 333M
Paid as dividendsCHF 345M
Cash vs. debtCHF 611M vs. CHF 1.8B
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli vs. similar companies
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from CHF 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per CHF 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli | 130.2× · Very expensive | ||
 Mondelez International | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Barry Callebaut | 36.4× · Expensive | ||
 ORION | 11.8× · Cheap | ||
 Kotobuki Spirits | 38.8× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,970 | 5,201 | 5,469 | 5,916 | |
| 3,293 | 3,495 | 3,565 | 3,701 | |
| 745 | 813 | 884 | 971 | |
| 1,024 | 1,102 | 1,195 | 1,275 | |
| 570 | 671 | 672 | 727 | |
| 2,387.10 | 2,859.10 | 2,897.70 | 3,136.80 | |
| 66.2% | 67.2% | 65.2% | 62.6% | |
| 15.0% | 15.6% | 16.2% | 16.4% | |
| 11.5% | 12.9% | 12.3% | 12.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,945 | 7,860 | 9,157 | 9,099 |
| Cash | 865 | 462 | 931 | 611 |
| Total debt | 1,436 | 1,406 | 1,665 | 1,765 |
| Total liabilities | 3,545 | 3,602 | 4,317 | 4,142 |
| 4,401 | 4,258 | 4,840 | 4,956 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10.9% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 12.3% | |
| 12.9% | 15.8% | 13.9% | 14.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of CHF | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 756 | 779 | 1,182 | 520 | |
| 230 | 302 | 314 | 331 | |
| 526 | 477 | 868 | 190 | |
| Dividends paid | 284 | 304 | 322 | 345 |
| 551 | 594 | 305 | 333 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 130.2×
- –
- 13.66
- 19.1×
- 16.0×
- 498.5×
- 75.1×
- 0.2%
- 0.8%
- 0.4%
Profitability
- 62.6%
- 16.4%
- 12.3%
- –
- 12.3%
- 11.8%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +6.0%
- +9.5%
- –
- –
- −1.0%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.36
- –
- 18.7×
- 1.83
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 34%of 670
Top 27%of 674
Bottom 2%of 624
Top 45%of 673
Bottom 15%of 668
0.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$4a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
47.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 181.6%
News
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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
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
39No pass
Philip Fisher
48No pass
Peter Lynch
31No pass
Joel Greenblatt
10No pass
Charlie Munger
45No pass
Terry Smith
31No pass
Questions about Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli
Is Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli a good stock to buy?
A solid business, priced as if everything goes right. 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 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AI analysis
What does Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli do?
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of chocolate products worldwide. It is in Confectioners, based in Kilchberg, Switzerland, with 12,738 employees.
Does Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.4% a year, about 47% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out CHF 345 million in dividends.
Is Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli stock halal?
Yes. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli stock done over the past year?
Down 25.9% over the past twelve months, to CHF 8,680.00. It traded between CHF 7,500.00 and CHF 12,950.00 and is 33.0% below its high.
Who are Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Mondelez International, Barry Callebaut, ORION and Kotobuki Spirits. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.