Givaudan (GVDNY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Givaudan SA is a Switzerland-based company that develops and supplies fragrances, flavors and related sensory solutions for consumer products. Its offerings are used in categories including food and beverages, fine fragrances, personal care, household products and health and wellness applications.

The company operates through two primary business areas: Fragrance & Beauty, which provides fragrances, cosmetic ingredients and beauty-related solutions, and Taste & Wellbeing, which develops flavors, taste systems and ingredients for food, beverages and other consumer products. Givaudan works with manufacturers and brand owners to create products designed to meet consumer preferences and regional market requirements.

Givaudan traces its origins to a perfumery established in Geneva in 1796 and became the modern Givaudan company following the combination of Givaudan and Roure in 2000. Headquartered in Vernier, Switzerland, the company serves customers internationally through operations and research and development activities across multiple regions. Gilles Andrier has served as Givaudan’s chief executive officer since 2005.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $78.64 to $79.78
• 50-Day Range: $77.46 to $84.45
• 52-Week Range: $65.97 to $90.69
• Volume: 26,410 shs
• Average Volume: 17,526 shs
• Market Capitalization: $36.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.42%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Givaudan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Givaudan scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Givaudan has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.11, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Givaudan has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Givaudan are expected to grow by 6.13% in the coming year, from $3.10 to $3.29 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Givaudan has a PEG Ratio of 4.31. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Givaudan has a P/B Ratio of 6.63. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Givaudan has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Givaudan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.17, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Givaudan has recently increased by 117.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Givaudan pays a meaningful dividend of 1.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Givaudan does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Givaudan will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.04% next year. This indicates that Givaudan will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Givaudan has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Givaudan insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Givaudan is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:GVDNY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:GVDNY
• CIK: 1121631
• Web: www.givaudan.com
• Phone: (122) 780-9111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,942
• Year Founded: 1895

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.53
• P/E Growth: 4.31
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.92
• Current Ratio: 1.74
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.02 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.05
• Cash Flow: $3.75 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.09
• Book Value: $11.94 per share
• Price / Book: 6.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 461,680,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $36.53 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.77