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.
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 screenAt 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
This name holds its markup label.
Nestle SA holds its Markup at $79.81. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 20 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 20 days |
| Price at the screen | $79.81 |
| Valuation | 22.74 trailing · 17.01 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.50 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio 45.5%
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 15% discount to our $91.43 fair value.
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.
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 & ProjectionsWhere 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 WordsWhy 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.
| Forward P/E | 17.0xreasonably valued |
| Trailing P/E | 22.7xa premium valuation |
| EPS, trailing | 3.51 |
| EPS, forward | 4.69 |
| Revenue growth | -2.2%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 10.1%thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 26.5%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 3.13% |
| Dividend yield | 388.00% |
| Debt to equity | 1.75a meaningful debt load worth watching |
| Beta | 0.50barely tracks the market's swings |
| 52-week range | 69.90 - 85.06 |
| Market cap | $205.3B |
| Employees | 271,000 |
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.
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Every Entry, As Written
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.
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.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total 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.
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