Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ)
SIC breadcrumb: Manufacturing > Food And Kindred Products > SIC 2000 Food and Kindred Products
SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1103982. Latest filing source: 0001628280-26-005345.
Informational only. Descriptive public-record data — not a rating, forecast, or investment advice. See Disclaimer.
At a glance
- Revenue
- 38,537,000,000 USD verified
- Net income
- 2,451,000,000 USD verified
- Assets
- 71,487,000,000 USD verified
- Free cash flow
- 3,235,000,000 USD computed
- Net margin
- 6.36% computed
- Operating margin
- 9.21% computed
- Revenue YoY
- +5.75% computed
- ROE
- 9.49% computed
Peer & cluster context
Peer comparisons including MDLZ
- Food and beverage staples: peer review · market-risk page
Peer percentile fingerprint
Percentile = share of the N covered peers reporting that ratio whose value is lower (ties counted half); computed among grepcent-covered companies in SIC industry 2000 Food and Kindred Products, not the whole market. A higher percentile means a higher value of the ratio, not a better company. Ratios with fewer than 8 reporting peers are omitted. Latest reported values per company; fiscal periods may differ. Descriptive arithmetic - not a score, rating, or ranking.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 38,537,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-04 |
| Net income | 2,451,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-04 |
| Assets | 71,487,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-04 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-04. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001103982.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 25,923,000,000 | 25,896,000,000 | 25,938,000,000 | 25,868,000,000 | 26,581,000,000 | 28,720,000,000 | 31,496,000,000 | 36,016,000,000 | 36,441,000,000 | 38,537,000,000 |
| Net income | 1,635,000,000 | 2,828,000,000 | 3,317,000,000 | 3,929,000,000 | 3,555,000,000 | 4,300,000,000 | 2,717,000,000 | 4,959,000,000 | 4,611,000,000 | 2,451,000,000 |
| Operating income | 2,554,000,000 | 3,462,000,000 | 3,312,000,000 | 3,843,000,000 | 3,853,000,000 | 4,653,000,000 | 3,534,000,000 | 5,502,000,000 | 6,345,000,000 | 3,548,000,000 |
| Gross profit | 10,104,000,000 | 10,034,000,000 | 10,352,000,000 | 10,337,000,000 | 10,446,000,000 | 11,254,000,000 | 11,312,000,000 | 13,764,000,000 | 14,257,000,000 | 10,935,000,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 1.04 | 1.85 | 2.23 | 2.69 | 2.47 | 3.04 | 1.96 | 3.62 | 3.42 | 1.89 |
| Operating cash flow | 2,838,000,000 | 2,593,000,000 | 3,948,000,000 | 3,965,000,000 | 3,964,000,000 | 4,141,000,000 | 3,908,000,000 | 4,714,000,000 | 4,910,000,000 | 4,514,000,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 1,224,000,000 | 1,014,000,000 | 1,095,000,000 | 925,000,000 | 863,000,000 | 965,000,000 | 906,000,000 | 1,112,000,000 | 1,387,000,000 | 1,279,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | 1,094,000,000 | 1,198,000,000 | 1,359,000,000 | 1,542,000,000 | 1,678,000,000 | 1,826,000,000 | 1,985,000,000 | 2,160,000,000 | 2,349,000,000 | 2,487,000,000 |
| Share buybacks | 2,601,000,000 | 2,174,000,000 | 2,020,000,000 | 1,480,000,000 | 1,390,000,000 | 2,110,000,000 | 2,017,000,000 | 1,547,000,000 | 2,334,000,000 | 2,385,000,000 |
| Assets | 61,506,000,000 | 62,957,000,000 | 62,618,000,000 | 64,515,000,000 | 67,810,000,000 | 67,092,000,000 | 71,161,000,000 | 71,391,000,000 | 68,497,000,000 | 71,487,000,000 |
| Liabilities | 36,323,000,000 | 36,883,000,000 | 37,016,000,000 | 37,198,000,000 | 40,156,000,000 | 38,769,000,000 | 44,241,000,000 | 43,025,000,000 | 41,539,000,000 | 45,596,000,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 25,161,000,000 | 25,994,000,000 | 25,637,000,000 | 27,241,000,000 | 27,578,000,000 | 28,269,000,000 | 26,883,000,000 | 28,332,000,000 | 26,932,000,000 | 25,838,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | 1,614,000,000 | 1,579,000,000 | 2,853,000,000 | 3,040,000,000 | 3,101,000,000 | 3,176,000,000 | 3,002,000,000 | 3,602,000,000 | 3,523,000,000 | 3,235,000,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 6.31% | 10.92% | 12.79% | 15.19% | 13.37% | 14.97% | 8.63% | 13.77% | 12.65% | 6.36% |
| Operating margin | 9.85% | 13.37% | 12.77% | 14.86% | 14.50% | 16.20% | 11.22% | 15.28% | 17.41% | 9.21% |
| Return on equity | 6.50% | 10.88% | 12.94% | 14.42% | 12.89% | 15.21% | 10.11% | 17.50% | 17.12% | 9.49% |
| Return on assets | 2.66% | 4.49% | 5.30% | 6.09% | 5.24% | 6.41% | 3.82% | 6.95% | 6.73% | 3.43% |
| Liabilities / equity | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.65 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.76 |
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.59 |
Industry Peer Context
Net margin peer context
Operating margin peer context
ROE peer context
ROA peer context
Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Revenue: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept Revenues; source concepts us-gaap:Revenues | Gross profit: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept GrossProfit; source concepts us-gaap:GrossProfit | Operating income: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept OperatingIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | Net income: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept NetIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001628280-26-005345; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: Revenues. Source concepts: us-gaap:Revenues.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: PaymentsOfDividends. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001628280-26-005345; filed 2026-02-04. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
As-reported value updates
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-04-28. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001103982.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 2022-06-30 | 0.54 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 | 0.39 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 | 1.52 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 8,507,000,000 | 944,000,000 | 0.69 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 9,029,000,000 | 984,000,000 | 0.72 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 9,314,000,000 | 950,000,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 9,290,000,000 | 1,412,000,000 | 1.04 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 8,343,000,000 | 601,000,000 | 0.45 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 9,204,000,000 | 853,000,000 | 0.63 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 9,604,000,000 | 1,745,000,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 9,313,000,000 | 402,000,000 | 0.31 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 8,984,000,000 | 641,000,000 | 0.49 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 9,744,000,000 | 743,000,000 | 0.57 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 10,496,000,000 | 665,000,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 10,080,000,000 | 560,000,000 | 0.44 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001628280-26-027937; filed 2026-04-28. Concept: Revenues. Source concepts: us-gaap:Revenues.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001628280-26-027937; filed 2026-04-28. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001628280-26-027937; filed 2026-04-28. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Business
Read MDLZ's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read MDLZ's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001628280-26-050179.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview of Business and Strategy
Our core business is making and selling chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks, with additional businesses in adjacent, locally relevant categories including gum & candy, meals and beverages around the world.
We aim to be the global leader in snacking. Our strategy is to drive long-term growth by focusing on four strategic priorities: accelerating consumer-centric growth, driving operational excellence, creating a winning growth culture and scaling sustainable snacking. We believe the successful implementation of our strategic priorities and leveraging of our attractive global footprint, strong core of iconic global and local brands, marketing, sales, distribution and cost excellence capabilities, and top talent with a growth mindset, will drive consistent top- and bottom-line growth, enabling us to continue to create long-term value for our shareholders.
Recent Developments and Significant Items
Macroeconomic environment
We continue to observe significant market and geopolitical uncertainty, inflationary pressures, supply constraints, trade and regulatory uncertainty and exchange rate volatility. In addition, consumer preferences continue to evolve in response to health and wellness trends. As a result, we experienced higher operating costs, including higher overall raw material, labor and energy costs. In particular, cocoa prices, while below prior year peak levels, are expected to remain elevated compared to historical levels in the near- and medium-term. Refer to Commodity Trends for additional information.
Our overall outlook for future snacks revenue growth remains strong; however, we anticipate ongoing volatility. While we have responded to elevated raw material costs with price increases for certain of our products, the elasticity impacts from those pricing increases have adversely impacted consumer demand, particularly in Europe. We will continue to proactively manage our business in response to the evolving global economic environment, related uncertainty and business risks while also prioritizing and supporting our employees and customers. We continue to take steps to mitigate impacts to our supply chain, operations, technology and assets.
Trade and Regulatory Uncertainty
In many markets, including the United States, certain products or a portion of our products, including significant inputs, are imported from other jurisdictions. As the current geopolitical environment remains unpredictable, we continue to monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed and enacted tariffs, including proposed and enacted retaliatory tariffs or other trade restrictions. During the first quarter of 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") were unlawful. Over the period in which these tariffs were in effect, we paid approximately $20 million of tariffs under the IEEPA, of which we have received refunds for approximately $6 million as of June 30, 2026. The timing and amount of any additional refunds of these tariffs remains uncertain at this stage. As such, we have not recorded any additional anticipated IEEPA tariff refunds as of June 30, 2026. Additionally, the U.S. administration has continued to impose new tariffs under other provisions in U.S. trade law and will likely continue to do so in the future. We are evaluating the potential impact of these developments as well as our ability to mitigate the impact, as they are expected to adversely impact our revenue and cost of goods sold. If additional tariff actions are implemented, we would expect those adverse impacts on our business operations and financial performance to be significant. For most products and materials imported to the United States from Mexico and Canada, we comply with the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and are therefore not subject to tariffs on most products and materials imported from those jurisdictions. However, the current trade environment continues to evolve rapidly and there can be no assurance that such products and materials will continue to be exempt. The implementation of additional protectionist trade measures, and any further retaliatory actions taken in response, could result in increased costs and pricing pressures, disrupt consumer spending patterns, and impact market stability and consumer confidence, any or all of which could adversely affect our operating results. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “We are subject to risks from changes to the trade policies and tariff and import/export regulations by the U.S. and/or other foreign governments.”
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 26 |
Table of Contents
War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine continues to subject our business in the region to periodic disruptions, which may affect production, distribution and the safety of our employees. We continue to suspend new capital investments and advertising in Russia, but we have not ceased operations because we believe that we play a role in the continuity of the food supply. We continue to evaluate our ability to control our operating activities in Ukraine and Russia and comply with applicable international sanctions. We continue to consolidate both subsidiaries. During the second quarter of 2026, Ukraine generated 0.4% and Russia generated 3.8% of our consolidated net revenue.
Our operations in Russia are subject to risks, including the temporary or permanent loss of assets due to expropriation or further curtailment of our ability to conduct business operations in Russia, which could lead to the partial or full impairment of our Russian assets or deconsolidation of our Russian operations or the termination of and loss of revenue from those operations, based on actions taken by Russia, other parties or us. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “The war in Ukraine has impacted and could continue to impact our business operations, financial performance and results of operations.”
Developments in the Middle East
Escalation of military activity in the Middle East has affected, and may continue to affect, our operations in the region, including our manufacturing facility in Bahrain. Shipping disruptions in the Middle East and surrounding waterways have created, and may continue to create, logistical pressures, including reduced availability of certain shipping routes and increased shipping costs and transit times. While we have taken actions to divert our shipping routes, we may not be able to fully mitigate higher shipping rates, longer shipping routes and other adverse impacts in certain AMEA markets. However, to date, these developments have not had a material impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. We continue to evaluate these developments and we cannot predict if they will have a significant impact in the future. During the second quarter of 2026, Middle Eastern countries impacted by the conflict generated less than 1.0% of our consolidated net revenue.
Extreme Price Growth in Argentina and Other Currency-Related Items
During December 2023, the Argentinean peso significantly devalued. The peso's devaluation and potential resulting distortion on our non-GAAP Organic Net Revenue, Organic Net Revenue growth and other constant currency growth rate measures resulted in our decision to exclude the impact of pricing increases in excess of 26% year-over-year ("extreme pricing") in Argentina, from these measures beginning in the first quarter of 2024. The benchmark of 26% represents the minimum annual inflation rate for each year over a 3-year period which would result in a cumulative inflation rate in excess of 100%, the level at which an economy is considered hyperinflationary under U.S. GAAP. Throughout the following MD&A discussion, we exclude the impact of extreme pricing in Argentina from the net pricing impact of Organic Net Revenue and Organic Net Revenue growth and its related impact on our other non-GAAP financial constant currency growth measures. Additionally within this MD&A discussion, "currency-related items" reflect the impacts of extreme pricing and year-over-year currency translation rate changes. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
Extreme pricing did not have a material impact on our non-GAAP financial measures for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026.
ERP System Implementation
In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved funding of $1.2 billion for a multi-year systems transformation program to upgrade our global ERP and supply chain systems (the “ERP System Implementation”). ERP System Implementation spending comprises both capital expenditures and operating expenses, of which a majority is expected to relate to operating expenses. The operating expenses associated with the ERP System Implementation represent incremental transformational costs above the normal ongoing level of spending on information technology to support operations. The ERP System Implementation program is being implemented by region in several phases with spending occurring over the next three years, with expected completion by year-end 2028. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 27 |
Table of Contents
Taxes
We continue to monitor existing and potential future tax reform around the world. Numerous countries have enacted the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s model rules on a global minimum tax, effective for 2024. The existing legislation does not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. On January 5, 2026, the OECD Inclusive Framework members approved changes to the model rules, including the introduction of a “side by side” rule which would exempt U.S.-parented companies from certain aspects of the global minimum tax regime. The updated model rules will need to be incorporated into local tax legislation to be effective. We do not expect the new rules to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use non-GAAP financial measures internally to make operating and strategic decisions, including the preparation of our annual operating plan, evaluation of business performance and as a factor in determining incentive compensation. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures, when used in connection with results reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, provide additional information to facilitate comparisons of our historical operating results and to enable a more comprehensive understanding of trends in our underlying operating results. We also believe that presenting these measures allows investors to view our performance using the same measures that management and our Board of Directors use in evaluating our business performance and trends. However, non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as substitutes for, financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as or comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies. A limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is they exclude items that have an impact on our U.S. GAAP reported results. The best way this limitation can be addressed is by evaluating our non-GAAP financial measures in combination with our U.S. GAAP reported results. We have provided the reconciliations between the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures along with a discussion of our underlying GAAP results throughout our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial C
[Excerpt truncated for page length; source filing is linked above.]
Latest 10-K MD&A (excerpt)
Latest 10-K Item 7 source: 0001628280-26-005345. The complete FY 2025 MD&A is published at /company/MDLZ/mda/fy2025/.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements. It should be read in conjunction with the other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in Forward-Looking Statements and Item 1A, Risk Factors.
For a discussion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, please refer to Part II, Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Overview of Business and Strategy
Our core business is making and selling chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks, with additional businesses in adjacent, locally relevant categories including gum & candy, cheese & grocery and powdered beverages around the world.
We aim to be the global leader in snacking. Our strategy is to drive long-term growth by focusing on four strategic priorities: accelerating consumer-centric growth, driving operational excellence, creating a winning growth culture and scaling sustainable snacking. We believe the successful implementation of our strategic priorities and leveraging of our attractive global footprint, strong core of iconic global and local brands, marketing, sales, distribution and cost excellence capabilities, and top talent with a growth mindset, will drive consistent top- and bottom-line growth, enabling us to continue to create long-term value for our shareholders.
For more detailed information on our business and strategy, refer to Item 1, Business.
Recent Developments and Significant Items
Macroeconomic environment
We continue to observe significant market and geopolitical uncertainty, fluctuating consumer demand, inflationary pressures, supply constraints, trade and regulatory uncertainty and exchange rate volatility. As a result, we experienced significantly higher operating costs, including higher overall raw material, labor and energy costs that have continued to rise. In particular, while we expect cocoa costs to be lower in 2026 compared to the current year, we expect to continue to face elevated cocoa costs as compared to historical levels in the near- and medium-term. Refer to Commodity Trends for additional information.
Our overall outlook for future snacks revenue growth remains strong; however, we anticipate ongoing volatility. While we have responded to elevated raw material costs with pricing increases for certain of our products, the elasticity impacts from those pricing increases has adversely impacted consumer demand, particularly in the United States and Europe. We will continue to proactively manage our business in response to the evolving global economic environment, related uncertainty and business risks while also prioritizing and supporting our employees and customers. We continue to take steps to mitigate impacts to our supply chain, operations, technology and assets.
Trade and Regulatory Uncertainty
In many markets, including the United States, a portion of our products, including significant inputs, are imported from other jurisdictions. As of January 2026, the U.S. maintains higher tariffs on imported goods (finished products and inputs) from many trading partners as compared to prior years. Some of these tariffs have increased our costs for finished products, as well as some ingredients and packaging used to produce and distribute our products. In some cases, U.S. tariff policy has also resulted in retaliatory measures on U.S. goods entering foreign markets. For most products and materials imported to the United States from Mexico and Canada, we comply with the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and are therefore not subject to tariffs on most products and materials imported from those jurisdictions. However, the current trade environment continues to evolve rapidly and there can be no assurance that such products and materials will continue to be exempt. The implementation of additional protectionist trade measures, and any further retaliatory actions taken in response, could result in increased costs and pricing pressures, disrupt consumer spending patterns, and impact market stability and consumer confidence, any or all of which could adversely affect our operating results.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 32 |
Table of Contents
Additionally, we provide more information on risks related to trade and regulatory uncertainty in our Business Trends section and under Item 1A, Risk Factors.
War in Ukraine
In February 2022, following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, we stopped production and closed our facilities in Ukraine; since then we have taken steps to protect the safety of our employees and to restore operations at our two manufacturing facilities, which were significantly damaged in March 2022. Refer to Items Affecting Comparability of Financial Results for additional information.
We have suspended new capital investments and our advertising spending in Russia, but as a food company with more than 2,500 employees in the country, we have not ceased operations because we believe that we play a role in the continuity of the food supply. We continue to evaluate the situation in Ukraine and Russia and our ability to control our operating activities and businesses on an ongoing basis and comply with applicable international sanctions. We continue to consolidate both our Ukrainian and Russian subsidiaries. During 2025, Ukraine generated 0.4% and Russia generated 3.7% of our consolidated net revenue. The profitability of and the assets held by our Russian business continue to remain above historic levels. We cannot predict if the recent strength in our Russian business will continue in the future.
Our operations in Russia are subject to risks, including the temporary or permanent loss of assets due to expropriation or further curtailment of our ability to conduct business operations in Russia. In the event this were to occur, this could lead to the partial or full impairment of our Russian assets or deconsolidation of the operations in Russia in future periods, or the termination of and loss of revenue from our business operations, based on actions taken by Russia, other parties or us. For additional information, refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors, including the risk entitled “The war in Ukraine has impacted and could continue to impact our business operations, financial performance and results of operations.”
Developments in the Middle East
In October 2023, conflict developed in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, and has expanded to other parts of the region. Throughout 2024 and 2025, we experienced limited adverse sales impacts related to this conflict in certain AMEA markets, but this did not have a material impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. We continue to evaluate the impacts of these developments, including ongoing geopolitical discussions, on our business and we cannot predict if it will have a significant impact in the future.
Extreme Price Growth in Argentina and Other Currency-Related Items
During December 2023, the Argentinean peso significantly devalued. The peso's devaluation and potential resulting distortion on our non-GAAP Organic Net Revenue, Organic Net Revenue growth and other constant currency growth rate measures resulted in our decision to exclude the impact of pricing increases in excess of 26% year-over-year ("extreme pricing") in Argentina, from these measures beginning in the first quarter of 2024. The benchmark of 26% represents the minimum annual inflation rate for each year over a 3-year period which would result in a cumulative inflation rate in excess of 100%, the level at which an economy is considered hyperinflationary under U.S. GAAP. Throughout the following MD&A discussion, we exclude the impact of extreme pricing in Argentina from the net pricing impact of Organic Net Revenue and Organic Net Revenue growth and its related impact on our other non-GAAP financial constant currency growth measures. Additionally within this MD&A discussion, "currency-related items" reflect the impacts of extreme pricing and year-over-year currency translation rate changes. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
Currency-related items impacted our non-GAAP financial measures for the year ended December 31, 2025 as follows:
•Organic Net Revenue: In total, favorable currency-related items of $241 million (0.7 pp) were driven by favorable currency translation rate changes of $192 million (0.6 pp) and extreme pricing of $49 million (0.1 pp). In Emerging Markets, unfavorable currency-related items of $134 million (0.9 pp) were driven by unfavorable currency translation rate changes of $183 million (1.3 pp), partially offset by extreme pricing of $49 million (0.4 pp). In Developed Markets, favorable currency-related items of $375 million (1.7 pp) were driven by favorable currency translation rate changes.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 33 |
Table of Contents
•Adjusted Operating Income: Favorable currency-related items of $94 million were driven by favorable currency translation rate changes of $86 million and extreme pricing of $8 million.
•Adjusted EPS: In 2025, favorable currency-related items of $0.06 were driven by favorable currency translation rate changes of $0.05 and extreme pricing of $0.01.
ERP System Implementation
In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved funding of $1.2 billion for a multi-year systems transformation program to upgrade our global ERP and supply chain systems (the “ERP System Implementation”). ERP System Implementation spending comprises both capital expenditures and operating expenses, of which a majority is expected to relate to operating expenses. The operating expenses associated with the ERP System Implementation represent incremental transformational costs above the normal ongoing level of spending on information technology to support operations. The ERP System Implementation program will be implemented by region in several phases with spending continuing over the next three years, with expected completion by year-end 2028. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
Acquisitions and Divestitures
During 2024, we completed the acquisition of Evirth (Shanghai) Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Evirth”), a leading manufacturer of cakes and pastries in China. Refer to Note 2, Acquisitions and Divestitures for additional details.
Equity Method Investment Transactions
JDE Peet’s Transactions (Euronext Amsterdam: “JDEP”)
On August 24, 2025, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (Nasdaq: "KDP") and JDEP entered into a definitive agreement under which KDP would acquire JDEP. As a result of that definitive agreement, we became entitled to a cash payment of €145 million ($169 million) from JAB Holding Company (“JAB”) that we received in 2025.
In the first quarter of 2024, we recorded an impairment charge of €612 million ($665 million) related to our JDEP investment. In the fourth quarter of 2024, we sold our remaining 85.9 million shares in JDEP to JAB. We received €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) of proceeds and recorded a gain on equity method investment transactions of €313 million ($332 million).
In 2023, we sold approximately 9.9 million of our shares, which reduced our ownership interest by 2.0 percentage points, from 19.7% to 17.7%. We received cash proceeds of €255 million ($279 million) and recorded a loss of €21 million ($23 million).
Keurig Dr Pepper Transactions
During the first quarter of 2023, our ownership in KDP fell to below 5% of the outstanding shares, resulting in a change in the accounting for our KDP investment, from equity method investment accounting to accounting for equity interests with readily determinable fair
[Excerpt truncated for page length; the complete text is on the linked full-MD&A page.]
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. Each year's full verbatim text is on its own sub-page.
Macro cross-references for MDLZ
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm