NESN · SIX · Packaged Foods
Nestlé S.A. is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, with a global portfolio spanning coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery, prepared foods, snacks, water, and health science products.
Current price
CHF 78.89
▲ +CHF 1.59 (2.06%) today
ET&A View
Last reviewed 15 September 2026
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Nestlé remains one of the world's strongest consumer franchises, with leading positions across coffee, petcare, nutrition and packaged food supported by exceptional brand equity, global distribution and highly resilient cash…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Mixed
Cash generation stands out. Watch revenue and earnings.
Overall
Revenue
CHF 88.8bn · ↓ −2% last year
Earnings
CHF 7.4bn · ↓ −17% last year
Margins
Keeps 16% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
CHF 11.0bn spare cash a year · 12% of sales
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 3.4 years of earnings
Dividend
4.0% yield · Pays out more than it earns
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Nestlé remains one of the world's strongest consumer franchises, with leading positions across coffee, petcare, nutrition and packaged food supported by exceptional brand equity, global distribution and highly resilient…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CHF 89.9bn | −2.0% | 15.6% | CHF 9.0bn | CHF 3.51 | CHF 11.0bn |
| FY2024 | CHF 91.7bn | −1.7% | 17.0% | CHF 10.9bn | CHF 4.19 | CHF 10.7bn |
| FY2023 | CHF 93.4bn | −1.5% | 16.8% | CHF 11.2bn | CHF 4.23 | CHF 9.7bn |
| FY2022 | CHF 94.8bn | — | 16.5% | CHF 9.3bn | CHF 3.42 | CHF 6.5bn |
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Nestlé S.A. is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, with a global portfolio spanning coffee, pet care, nutrition, dairy, confectionery, prepared foods, snacks, water, and health science products. The company owns many widely recognised brands, including Nescafé, Nespresso, KitKat, Maggi, Purina, Nesquik, Milo, San Pellegrino, Gerber, and others sold across developed and emerging markets.
Nestlé’s strength comes from its brand portfolio, global distribution network, research and development capability, and exposure to everyday consumer demand. Its business benefits from repeat-purchase categories such as coffee, pet food, infant nutrition, confectionery, and packaged foods, while its focus on premiumisation, health science, nutrition, and emerging markets gives it longer-term growth opportunities. This makes Nestlé a major global consumer staples company with defensive qualities and broad exposure to changing food, beverage, and household consumption trends.
Packaged Foods · Switzerland
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As of 14 October 2026
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| FCF Yield | Members |
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ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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Profitable · Highly levered · Positive
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 3.3 / 10 | Below Average |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 3.7 / 10 | Below Average |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 5.7 / 10 | Good |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 8.1 / 10 | Strong |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 4.7 / 10 | Average |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 7.0 / 10 | Strong |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 5.1 / 10 | Average |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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