Critical Survey: Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (LDSVF) vs. Its Rivals

Dividends

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli pays an annual dividend of $6.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.7% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

26.4% of Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli Competitors	-15.28%	-138.66%	-4.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli	N/A	N/A	8.44
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli Competitors	$7.25 billion	$702.20 million	-326.24

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of chocolate products worldwide. The company sells its products under the Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman’s, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Küfferle, and Pangburn’s brands. It serves customers through a network of independent distributors, as well as through own shops. The company was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Kilchberg, Switzerland.