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Nestlé
Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods & Meats

Global food and beverage company known for brands like Nescafé, KitKat, Gerber, and Purina with operations in 186 countries.

HQ: SwitzerlandListed: Switzerland

Profile & Fundamentals

Nestlé: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.

Profile & Fundamentals

Nestlé Profile & Fundamentals

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Company and Market Context

Company Profile & Ownership

Nestlé S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food and beverage, and nutritional science products in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Greater China, the Philippines, India, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, and internationally. The company offers cereals, chocolate and confectionery, coffee, culinary, chilled and frozen food, dairy, drinks, food service, ice cream, nutrition and health, petcare, water, plant-based portfolio, and recipe products. It sells its products under the Nesquik Cereal, Fitness, Cheerios, Lion Cereals, Cini Minis, KitKat Cereal, Chocapic, Koko Krunch, Shreddies, Shredded Wheat Original, Corn Flakes, Trix Cereal, Aero, Baci Perugina, KitKat, Milkybar, Smarties, Cailler, Quality Street, Garoto, Nestlé Toll House, Munch, Damak, Hsu Fu Chi, Sahne Nuss, Nestlé Sustainably Sourced Cocoa, Blue Bottle Coffee, Nescafé, Nescafé Dolce Gusto, Nespresso, Starbucks Coffee At Home, DiGiorno, Garden Gourmet, Maggi, Thomy, Stouffer's, Hot Pockets, Lean Cuisine, Life Cuisine, Buitoni, Nestlé carnation, Nestlé Coffee Mate, and Nestea brands. The company also offers its products under the Roastelier by Nescafé, Plant-based and so good!, Milo, Chef, Maggi Professional, La Lechera, Minor's, Antica Gelateria Del Corso, Drumstick, Extrême, Häagen-Dazs, Maxibon, Mövenpick, Nancare, Gerber, Cerelac, Nestum, Alfaré HMO, Athéra HMO, Alfamino HMO, Bear Brand, Nido, Orgain, Nestlé Vital, Garden of Life, Pure Encapsulations, Solgar, Compleat, Impact, Peptamen, Vitaflo, Resource, Cat Chow, Dentalife, Dog Chow, Fancy Feast, Felix, Friskies, Gourmet, Purina, Purina ONE, Purina Pro Plan, Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life, Perrier, S.Pellegrino, Sanpellegrino, Buxton, Erikli, Levissima, Vittel, Contrex, HENNIEZ, Hépar, La Vie, Naleczowianka, and Essentia brands. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nestlé S.A.

NESN.SIX

Company profile record

Nestle S.A.

Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods & Meats

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Company

Company / asset
Nestle S.A.
Security type
Common Stock
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Packaged Foods & Meats
HQ
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Head office
Avenue Nestlé 55, Vevey, Switzerland, 1800

Leadership & scale

Chief executive
Mr. Philipp Navratil
CEO year born
1976
Full-time employees
271K
Fiscal year end
December

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-07
Market Cap
CHF 193.5B
P/E
10.9x
Revenue (Q2 26)
CHF 43.1B
Profit (Q2 26)
CHF 3.5B
Dividend Yield
2.7%
Revenue (FY 25)
CHF 89.5B
Shares in public float
2.6B
Insider ownership
0.02%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol
NESN.SIX
Listing
🇨🇭 Switzerland | Dividend Tax: 35%
Ticker Currency
CHF
Income Statement Currency
CHF
Balance Sheet Currency
CHF
Cash Flow Currency
CHF
EPS Currency
CHF
Contract Type
SPOT
ISIN
CH0038863350
Asset ID
equity_d2c1c051-e118-590b-b120-7ae9b496652e

Ownership

Shares Outstanding

Latest: 2.6B | Max: 3.1B | Min: 2.6B

Shares Outstanding
3.9B2.9B1.9B972.1M0.00
2.6B
'17
'19
'21
'23
'25
'26

Latest reported ownership snapshot

As of Oct 1, 2026

Float Shares

99.92%

2.6B latest reported shares

Insider Ownership

0.02%

Latest reported insider stake

Short Float

--

Latest reported short interest / float

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Shares Outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.

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Shares outstanding — reported values
Reporting dateShares outstanding
2017-01-013,086,000,000
2018-01-013,003,000,000
2019-01-012,917,618,200
2020-01-012,831,240,700
2021-01-012,783,867,600
2022-01-012,678,833,900
2023-01-012,634,916,800
2024-01-012,585,037,000
2025-01-012,579,840,000
2026-01-012,573,000,000

Top Holders

Available reported ownership records.

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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

Earnings and Revenue Trajectory

AI Review

Recent top-line sales figures create an overly gloomy impression because currency movements and one-time accounting write-downs have disguised a genuine operational turnaround. In fiscal 2025, reported revenue slipped 2.4% to CHF 89.5 billion primarily because a surging Swiss franc diminished foreign earnings, while reported profits absorbed heavy restructuring charges. Beneath these noisy headline numbers, the actual volume of goods sold began recovering in 2026 as customer demand for pet food and premium coffee rebounded. More importantly, underlying free cash flow held firm above CHF 11 billion, demonstrating that the underlying cash engine remains healthy even while statutory accounting profits absorb temporary cleanup costs.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Latest: CHF 89.5B | Max: CHF 94.8B | Min: CHF 6.5B

RevenueFree Cash FlowNet Income
CHF 119.4BCHF 89.6BCHF 59.7BCHF 29.9BCHF 0.00
89.5B
11.4B
9.0B
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'25

Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.

Latest: 10x

35x26x17x9x0x
10x
'21'24'25

Profitability & Margins

Margins and Operating Efficiency

AI Review

Profit margins recently experienced a cyclical squeeze as historic price spikes in green coffee and cocoa beans drove up manufacturing expenses faster than retail prices could be adjusted. Operating profit margins settled near 16.0% in 2025 as promotional discounts were temporarily expanded to protect grocery shelf space from lower-cost store brands. This margin dip represents a temporary commodity lag rather than permanent business deterioration. As cheaper agricultural replacement crops work their way through supply chains and the corporate restructuring program eliminates CHF 3.0 billion in structural overhead, operating leverage should re-emerge, steadily lifting profit margins back toward long-term historical norms.

Profitability Margins

Latest: 45.6% | Max: 50.8% | Min: 8.0%

Gross MarginOperating MarginNet Margin
64.0%48.0%32.0%16.0%0.0%
45.6%
15.9%
10.1%
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'25

Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31

Gross Margin

45.6%

Gross profit / revenue

Operating Margin

15.9%

Operating income / revenue

Net Margin

10.1%

Net income / revenue

FCF Margin

12.7%

Free cash flow / revenue

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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.

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Annual earnings and cash flow
Period endRevenue (USD)Net income (USD)Free cash flow (USD)
2016-12-3188,025,490,196.088,363,725,490.211,345,098,039.22
2017-12-3192,322,381,930.187,347,022,587.2710,534,907,597.54
2018-12-3193,431,771,894.0910,320,773,930.7511,740,325,865.58
2019-12-3195,934,917,355.3713,025,826,446.2812,023,760,330.58
2020-12-3195,684,745,762.7113,821,468,926.5511,314,124,293.79
2021-12-3195,910,087,719.318,536,184,210.539,345,394,736.84
2022-12-31102,464,864,864.8610,021,621,621.627,076,756,756.76
2023-12-31110,868,171,021.3813,312,351,543.9411,565,320,665.08
2024-12-31101,124,586,549.0612,000,000,00012,036,383,682.47
2025-12-31112,849,936,948.311,390,920,554.8514,346,784,363.18

Published P/E Ratio

Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.

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Published valuation snapshots
Period endP/E (times earnings)Earnings basis
2025-12-3110.2Trailing four quarters
2024-12-318.76Trailing four quarters
2022-12-3130.96Annual net income
2021-12-3120.99Annual net income

Profitability Margins

Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.

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Annual profitability margins
Period endGross margin (%)Operating margin (%)Net margin (%)Free cash flow margin (%)
2016-12-3150.7714.669.512.89
2017-12-3149.3211.297.9611.41
2018-12-3149.7914.9911.0512.57
2019-12-3149.7717.3113.5812.53
2020-12-3149.2617.4714.4411.82
2021-12-3148.0213.3519.339.74
2022-12-3145.41139.786.91
2023-12-3146.0915.0612.0110.43
2024-12-3146.9416.0511.8711.9
2025-12-3145.5915.9410.0912.71

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