All kinds of food: Nestlé is the largest industrial group in Switzerland. (Symbol image: Freepik)
Vevey – mustard from Thomy, Pizza von Wagner, water from San Pellegrino – If you eat, you can hardly avoid Nestlé. But the world’s largest food group crises. In addition, there is a risk of shareholders if the general assembly meets today. But one is always relying on one.
During the pandemic, Nestlé was running, the stock reached levels over CHF 127. In 2023 the downward trend used, in 2024 tightened by lowered growth goals. But in 2025 it went up to Trump’s customs hammer again. Yesterday the paper noted at CHF 85 for the board.
Nestlé places the classic in presence on a general meeting. The setting for the shareholder meeting is the Swisstech Convention Center EPFL, ECUBLENS/LAUSANNE. The event begins on April 16 at 2.30 p.m. CEST. All information for shareholders can be found on The Nestlé website.
The turnaround after the Annual balance sheet in February. As expected, the profit decreased by 2.9 percent to CHF 10.9 billion, but organic sales increased 2.2 percent. Most importantly: CEO Laurent Freixe spared the markets with negative surprises.
In the future concertration on cash bringer-ex-CEO tailoring happily
In contrast Freixe is now on the blockbuster brands of the group like Nescafé, Kitkat or Maggi. The new CEO also highs marketing that predecessor Schneider had cut. Freixe reduced the global report zones from 5 to 3 and started a cost reduction program.
The Nestlé veteran Freixe replaced the hapless Mark Schneider in 2024, who lost the trust of the board of directors after a revised forecast and drop in the exchange on the stock exchange. Among other things, Schneider had relied on meat and milk replacement products, but they remained niche offers.
Forecast: Growth of 4 percent – dividend increases again
Despite the small price thrust on the stock exchange in 2025: Analysts are ignorantwhere the development of Nestlé is going. Nestlé management wants to create organic growth of 4 percent in the medium term, the operational profit margin is scheduled for at least 16 percent in 2025.
So far, one thing is certain at Nestlé: the dividend. More precisely your increase, which the general assembly today should decide for the 29th time in a row. The distribution increases from 3 to CHF 3.05 for each share that is acquired on April 17 at the latest. Payday is April 24, 2025.
Shareholder protectors criticize water scandal and remuneration
Mistresses at the General Assembly threaten as a result of the Water scandals in France. The group had to admit recently selling spring water despite filtering as a “natural” mineral water. Well demands the shareholder association Ethosnot to relieve the board of directors.
The reason: Management has insufficiently processed the incident. In addition, the shareholders complain about the remuneration report and the salaries of the management and also face the project to vote for the CEO as a member of the board of directors.
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