Global food and beverage company known for brands like Nescafé, KitKat, Gerber, and Purina with operations in 186 countries.
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Nestlé: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Nestlé Profile & Fundamentals
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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.
Company profile record
Nestle S.A.
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods & Meats
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
- 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
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float 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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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 3,086,000,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 3,003,000,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2,917,618,200 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2,831,240,700 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2,783,867,600 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2,678,833,900 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2,634,916,800 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2,585,037,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2,579,840,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2,573,000,000 |
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.
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
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 10x
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.
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%
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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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 88,025,490,196.08 | 8,363,725,490.2 | 11,345,098,039.22 |
| 2017-12-31 | 92,322,381,930.18 | 7,347,022,587.27 | 10,534,907,597.54 |
| 2018-12-31 | 93,431,771,894.09 | 10,320,773,930.75 | 11,740,325,865.58 |
| 2019-12-31 | 95,934,917,355.37 | 13,025,826,446.28 | 12,023,760,330.58 |
| 2020-12-31 | 95,684,745,762.71 | 13,821,468,926.55 | 11,314,124,293.79 |
| 2021-12-31 | 95,910,087,719.3 | 18,536,184,210.53 | 9,345,394,736.84 |
| 2022-12-31 | 102,464,864,864.86 | 10,021,621,621.62 | 7,076,756,756.76 |
| 2023-12-31 | 110,868,171,021.38 | 13,312,351,543.94 | 11,565,320,665.08 |
| 2024-12-31 | 101,124,586,549.06 | 12,000,000,000 | 12,036,383,682.47 |
| 2025-12-31 | 112,849,936,948.3 | 11,390,920,554.85 | 14,346,784,363.18 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 10.2 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-12-31 | 8.76 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2022-12-31 | 30.96 | Annual net income |
| 2021-12-31 | 20.99 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 50.77 | 14.66 | 9.5 | 12.89 |
| 2017-12-31 | 49.32 | 11.29 | 7.96 | 11.41 |
| 2018-12-31 | 49.79 | 14.99 | 11.05 | 12.57 |
| 2019-12-31 | 49.77 | 17.31 | 13.58 | 12.53 |
| 2020-12-31 | 49.26 | 17.47 | 14.44 | 11.82 |
| 2021-12-31 | 48.02 | 13.35 | 19.33 | 9.74 |
| 2022-12-31 | 45.41 | 13 | 9.78 | 6.91 |
| 2023-12-31 | 46.09 | 15.06 | 12.01 | 10.43 |
| 2024-12-31 | 46.94 | 16.05 | 11.87 | 11.9 |
| 2025-12-31 | 45.59 | 15.94 | 10.09 | 12.71 |
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