Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (LISP.SW) stock analysis

In our weekly check, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is graded C (A to F). Of 25 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 16 pass, warnings: 5, red flags: 4.

About Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is a Consumer Defensive company (Food Confectioners) based in Switzerland, listed on SIX as LISP.SW.

What our checks show for LISP.SW

Red flags

• The gross margin fell by 28.2 points, to 38.7%: costs are rising faster than prices.
• The stock has fallen as much as 64% from a peak. Would you have held through that?
• Recovering from its deepest fall took about 4.7 years.
• Thinly traded (about 4 thousand shares a day): buying and selling can move the price.

Warning signs

• Operating cash flow is only 0.72x net profit: part of the reported profit does not arrive as cash.
• Analysts expect earnings per share to shrink about 51.5% a year.
• Analysts expect only about 3.1% a year of growth in revenue.
• Free cash flow is only 4.2% of revenue.
• Free cash flow covers the dividend only 0.9 times.

Strengths

• Net debt is only 0.9x a year of EBITDA: the balance sheet has room.
• Operating profit covers interest 20.1 times over.
• The net margin rose by 1.6 points over 5 years, to 12.3%.
• A large company: market value $23.56 billion.
• Beta 0.45: the stock usually moves less than the market.
• Pay in shares is only 0% of free cash flow.

Similar companies

LISN.SW · HSY · BARN.SW · MDLZ

Questions

What grade does Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (LISP.SW) have?

In our weekly check, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is graded C (A to F). Of 25 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 16 pass, warnings: 5, red flags: 4. The grade is a risk check, not a buy or sell recommendation.

What are the main risks of LISP.SW stock?

This week's biggest flags for Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG: Gross margin falling, Deep past fall, Slow recovery after falls. In total 9 of 25 checks show a warning or a red flag.

What does Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG do?

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG is a Consumer Defensive company (Food Confectioners) based in Switzerland, listed on SIX as LISP.SW.

The grade is a risk check, not a price forecast, and not investment advice. In our 10-year test (S&P 500, 2016-2026), stocks we graded A or B fell more than 30% 2-3 times less often than D or F, without a lower average return.

Updated 2026-10-24

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