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Vol. II · No. 207Sunday, 26 July 2026
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The Screen · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Nestle SA

NESN.SW · SIX SWISS EXCHANGE · CHF · Market cap $205.3B · 271,000 employees

Nestlé S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes food and beverage, and nutritional science products in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Greater China, the Philippines, India, the United Kingdo…

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
79.81 CHF

At the last full screen
2026-06-14

Screened 2026-06-14 · the tape above runs as of 22:40 UTC · 24 Jul · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markup label.

Nestle SA holds its Markup at $79.81. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 20 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-06-14
PhaseMarkup
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 20 days
Price at the screen$79.81
Valuation22.74 trailing · 17.01 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta0.50
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Debt ratio 45.5%

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 45.50% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 45.5% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 3.37% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 3.4% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 6.88% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 6.9% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 1.70% Below 5% Only 1.7% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 15% discount to our $91.43 fair value.

70.39Conservative91.43Base case117.32Growth case 79.81Price

Fair value range in CHF, drawn from the 2026-06-14 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 14.6% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
69.00Street low 89.00Street average 102.00Street high 79.81Price

Third-party analyst targets: 22 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +12% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$105$86$68TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$102.00 +28%Our fair value$91.43 +15%Street avg$89.00 +12%Conservative$70.39 -12%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-06-14 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Why it gives us pause

At 17.0x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business. Our fair value sits at $91.43, below where it trades today.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E17.0xreasonably valued
Trailing P/E22.7xa premium valuation
EPS, trailing3.51
EPS, forward4.69
Revenue growth-2.2%revenue is shrinking
Profit margin10.1%thin but positive margins
Return on equity26.5%an exceptional return on shareholder capital
FCF yield3.13%
Dividend yield388.00%
Debt to equity1.75a meaningful debt load worth watching
Beta0.50barely tracks the market's swings
52-week range69.90 - 85.06
Market cap$205.3B
Employees271,000

The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to Switzerland and to currency swings; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

NESN.SW trades on SIX SWISS EXCHANGE (the company is based in Switzerland). As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-07-18 Markup $79.81 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 6% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 7%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $88.

2026-07-03 Markup $79.81 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markup $79.81 Entry 1

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $76.10 +4.8% · $1,048 +4.8%
2 months $76.00 +4.9% $3.10 $1,090 +9.0%
3 months $76.41 +4.4% $3.10 $1,084 +8.4%
6 months $74.86 +6.5% $3.10 $1,106 +10.6%
1 year $82.69 -3.6% $3.10 $1,002 +0.2%
2 years $88.67 -10.1% $6.15 $969 -3.1%
3 years $96.26 -17.2% $9.15 $923 -7.7%
5 years $97.40 -18.2% $14.90 $971 -2.9%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever NESN.SW does next, these words stay.

Nestle SA · NESN.SW · Markup · $79.81
Recorded 2026-06-14 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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