Mondelez International stock falls as cocoa costs pressure margins

Published on 09/22/2026 at 19:09 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Mondelez International stock closed at USD 60.44 on September 21, 2026, down 0.7 percent. Second-quarter revenue reached USD 9.355 billion.

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Mondelez International, Inc. (ISIN US6092071058) closed at USD 60.44 on Nasdaq on September 21, 2026, down 0.7 percent from the prior session. The decline came as cocoa inflation remained a central cost issue for the confectionery group.

Cocoa costs weigh on the shares

As Ad Hoc News reported on September 21, 2026, cocoa inflation was weighing on Mondelez stock, which was cited at USD 60.85 against an analyst target of USD 69.13. The cost pressure matters because cocoa is a core input for the company's chocolate portfolio and can compress margins before higher prices reach consumers.

The market comparison is clear. The September 21 closing price of USD 60.44 was 9.3 percent below the 52-week high of USD 66.65, while the 52-week low stood at USD 51.20 on the same market-data snapshot. That range leaves the shares above the yearly low but below the recent peak.

Second-quarter revenue rises

Mondelez reported second-quarter 2026 net revenue of USD 9.355 billion, compared with USD 8.984 billion in the second quarter of 2025, according to a September 22, 2026 financial report published by Sina Finance. That represents a year-over-year increase of 4.1 percent.

The earnings comparison was stronger than the revenue increase. Second-quarter 2026 operating profit reached USD 1.946 billion, up from USD 1.172 billion in the second quarter of 2025, while net income attributable to the company rose to USD 1.548 billion from USD 641 million, according to Sina Finance. The operating-profit increase of 66.0 percent gives investors a concrete counterweight to the cost concern, although the figures require careful interpretation because reported profit can also reflect non-operating effects.

Targets remain above the market

MarketBeat cited a consensus price target of USD 67.30 as of September 18, 2026, compared with the USD 60.85 closing price available in that overview. The implied gap was about 10.6 percent, and the consensus rating was Moderate Buy, based on 1 Strong Buy, 14 Buy and 10 Hold recommendations, according to Ad Hoc News.

Mondelez stock stays below its high

Mondelez International stock closed at USD 60.44 on Nasdaq on September 21, 2026. The market capitalization was about USD 77.66 billion and recent volume was about 17.72 million shares, compared with an average volume of 6.94 million shares, based on the September 18, 2026 market-data snapshot.