Givaudan (GVDBF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Givaudan SA is a Swiss company that develops and produces flavors, fragrances and related solutions for consumer products. Its ingredients and formulations are used in food and beverages, fine fragrances, personal care products, household goods and other everyday consumer applications.

The company operates through two principal business areas: Taste & Wellbeing, which provides flavoring, taste-modulation, functional and nutritional solutions; and Fragrance & Beauty, which supplies fragrances, fragrance ingredients and beauty-related products. Givaudan works with consumer-goods manufacturers and brands to create products designed around sensory experiences, consumer preferences and specific market requirements.

Givaudan traces its origins to 1895 and has grown into an international business serving customers across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The company is headquartered in Vernier, Switzerland, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Gilles Andrier.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3,883.27 to $3,883.27
• 50-Day Range: $3,689.21 to $4,124.80
• 52-Week Range: $3,220.99 to $4,529.16
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 101 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 69.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Givaudan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Givaudan scored higher than 14% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Givaudan.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Givaudan is 69.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Givaudan is 69.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.78.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Givaudan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Givaudan has recently decreased by 2.55%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Givaudan pays a meaningful dividend of 2.94%, 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 Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Givaudan is 83.52%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

Givaudan has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 0.43 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Givaudan this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 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

28.71% of the stock of Givaudan is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:GVDBF
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:GVDBF
• CIK: 1121631
• Web: www.givaudan.com
• Phone: (122) 780-9111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 17,580
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 69.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• 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: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A