Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.50

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of 0.50 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st.

Mondelez International has raised its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 13 years. Mondelez International has a payout ratio of 60.2% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Mondelez International to earn $3.26 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 61.3%.

Mondelez International Stock Performance

Shares of MDLZ stock opened at $61.54 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.59 and a quick ratio of 0.39. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $56.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $59.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $79.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.38. Mondelez International has a 12 month low of $51.20 and a 12 month high of $71.15.

Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.02. Mondelez International had a return on equity of 14.53% and a net margin of 6.36%.The company had revenue of $10.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.65 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. Mondelez International has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.920-3.070 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Mondelez International will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mondelez International Company Profile

Mondelez International is a global snacks company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2012 when Kraft Foods split to create a business focused on snack foods and a separate North American grocery company. Mondelez develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of snack products intended for retail, foodservice and e‑commerce channels around the world.

The company’s product mix centers on biscuits and cookies, chocolate and confectionery, gum and candy, and savory crackers and baked snacks.