Mondelez International 10-Q 2026-03-31
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
| ☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 1-16483

Mondelēz International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 52-2284372 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
| 905 West Fulton Market, Suite 200 | ||||||||
| Chicago, | Illinois | 60607 | ||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (847) 943-4000
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock, no par value | MDLZ | The Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||||||||
| 1.625% Notes due 2027 | MDLZ27 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 0.250% Notes due 2028 | MDLZ28 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 0.750% Notes due 2033 | MDLZ33 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 2.375% Notes due 2035 | MDLZ35 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 4.500% Notes due 2035 | MDLZ35A | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 1.375% Notes due 2041 | MDLZ41 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||
| 3.875% Notes due 2045 | MDLZ45 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No x
At April 24, 2026, there were 1,283,649,766 shares of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock outstanding.
Mondelēz International, Inc.
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In this report, for all periods presented, “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Mondelēz International” refer to Mondelēz International, Inc. and subsidiaries. References to “Common Stock” refer to our Class A Common Stock.
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues | $ | 10,080 | $ | 9,313 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | (7,277) | (6,883) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 2,803 | 2,430 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | (1,916) | (1,711) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset impairments and exit costs | (53) | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on divestiture | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | (27) | (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income | 808 | 680 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Benefit plan non-service income | 31 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest and other expense, net | (64) | (153) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | 775 | 545 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax provision | (228) | (154) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on equity method investment transactions | (3) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity method investment net earnings | 20 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net earnings | 564 | 407 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| less: Noncontrolling interest earnings | (4) | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International | $ | 560 | $ | 402 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Per share data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to Mondelēz International | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.31 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to Mondelēz International | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.31 |
See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net earnings | $ | 564 | $ | 407 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive earnings/(losses), net of tax: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | (75) | 536 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pension and other benefit plans | 36 | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative cash flow hedges | (6) | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive earnings/(losses) | (45) | 499 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive earnings | 519 | 906 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| less: Comprehensive earnings/(losses) attributable to noncontrolling interests | (1) | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive earnings attributable to Mondelēz International | $ | 518 | $ | 894 |
See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share data)
(Unaudited)
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,524 | $ | 2,125 | |||||||
| Trade receivables, less allowance ($31 and $35, respectively) | 4,397 | 3,903 | |||||||||
| Other receivables, less allowance ($35 and $35, respectively) | 985 | 955 | |||||||||
| Inventories | 4,079 | 4,419 | |||||||||
| Other current assets | 1,760 | 1,549 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 12,745 | 12,951 | |||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 10,567 | 10,667 | |||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 725 | 731 | |||||||||
| Goodwill | 24,226 | 24,336 | |||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 19,533 | 19,628 | |||||||||
| Prepaid pension assets | 1,259 | 1,220 | |||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 316 | 336 | |||||||||
| Equity method investments | 610 | 667 | |||||||||
| Other assets | 1,141 | 951 | |||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 71,122 | $ | 71,487 | |||||||
| LIABILITIES | |||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | $ | 2,881 | $ | 2,688 | |||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 2,675 | 1,295 | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | 9,744 | 10,139 | |||||||||
| Accrued marketing | 2,968 | 2,787 | |||||||||
| Accrued employment costs | 865 | 1,000 | |||||||||
| Other current liabilities | 4,368 | 3,955 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 23,501 | 21,864 | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | 15,468 | 17,222 | |||||||||
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 598 | 599 | |||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 3,549 | 3,530 | |||||||||
| Accrued pension costs | 389 | 422 | |||||||||
| Accrued postretirement health care costs | 72 | 74 | |||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,741 | 1,885 | |||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 45,318 | 45,596 | |||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8) | |||||||||||
| EQUITY | |||||||||||
| Common Stock, no par value (5,000,000,000 shares authorized, 1,996,537,778 shares issued) | — | — | |||||||||
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview of Business and Strategy
Our core business is making and selling chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks, with additional businesses in adjacent, locally relevant categories including gum & candy, meals and beverages around the world.
We aim to be the global leader in snacking. Our strategy is to drive long-term growth by focusing on four strategic priorities: accelerating consumer-centric growth, driving operational excellence, creating a winning growth culture and scaling sustainable snacking. We believe the successful implementation of our strategic priorities and leveraging of our attractive global footprint, strong core of iconic global and local brands, marketing, sales, distribution and cost excellence capabilities, and top talent with a growth mindset, will drive consistent top- and bottom-line growth, enabling us to continue to create long-term value for our shareholders.
Recent Developments and Significant Items
Macroeconomic environment
We continue to observe significant market and geopolitical uncertainty, fluctuating consumer demand, inflationary pressures, supply constraints, trade and regulatory uncertainty and exchange rate volatility. As a result, we experienced higher operating costs, including higher overall raw material, labor and energy costs that have continued to rise. In particular, cocoa prices are lower compared to prior year but are expected to remain elevated compared to historical levels in the near- and medium-term. Refer to Commodity Trends for additional information.
Our overall outlook for future snacks revenue growth remains strong; however, we anticipate ongoing volatility. While we have responded to elevated raw material costs with price increases for certain of our products, the elasticity impacts from those pricing increases have adversely impacted consumer demand, particularly in the United States and Europe. We will continue to proactively manage our business in response to the evolving global economic environment, related uncertainty and business risks while also prioritizing and supporting our employees and customers. We continue to take steps to mitigate impacts to our supply chain, operations, technology and assets.
Trade and Regulatory Uncertainty
In many markets, including the United States, certain products or a portion of our products, including significant inputs, are imported from other jurisdictions. As the current geopolitical environment remains unpredictable, we continue to monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed and enacted tariffs, including proposed and enacted retaliatory tariffs or other trade restrictions. During the first quarter of 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") were unlawful. Over the period in which these tariffs were in effect, we paid approximately $20 million of tariffs under the IEEPA. The timing and amount of any refunds of these tariffs remains uncertain at this stage. As such, we have not recorded any anticipated IEEPA tariff refund as of March 31, 2026. Additionally, the U.S. administration has continued to impose new tariffs under other provisions in U.S. trade law and will likely continue to do so in the future. We are evaluating the potential impact of these developments as well as our ability to mitigate the impact, as they are expected to adversely impact our revenue and cost of goods sold. If additional tariff actions are implemented, we would expect those adverse impacts on our business operations and financial performance to be significant. For most products and materials imported to the United States from Mexico and Canada, we comply with the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and are therefore not subject to tariffs on most products and materials imported from those jurisdictions. However, the current trade environment continues to evolve rapidly and there can be no assurance that such products and materials will continue to be exempt. The implementation of additional protectionist trade measures, and any further retaliatory actions taken in response, could result in increased costs and pricing pressures, disrupt consumer spending patterns, and impact market stability and consumer confidence, any or all of which could adversely affect our operating results. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “We are subject to risks from changes to the trade policies and tariff and import/export regulations by the U.S. and/or other foreign governments.”
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War in Ukraine
In February 2022, following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, we stopped production and closed our facilities in Ukraine; since then, we have taken steps to protect the safety of our employees and to restore operations at our two manufacturing facilities, which were significantly damaged in March 2022. We have suspended new capital investments and our advertising spending in Russia, but as a food company with more than 2,500 employees in the country, we have not ceased operations because we believe that we play a role in the continuity of the food supply. We continue to evaluate the situation in Ukraine and Russia and our ability to control our operating activities and businesses on an ongoing basis and comply with applicable international sanctions. We continue to consolidate both our Ukrainian and Russian subsidiaries. During the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine generated 0.4% and Russia generated 3.1% of our consolidated net revenue. We cannot predict if the recent strength in our Russian business will continue in the future.
Our operations in Russia are subject to risks, including the temporary or permanent loss of assets due to expropriation or further curtailment of our ability to conduct business operations in Russia. In the event this were to occur, this could lead to the partial or full impairment of our Russian assets or deconsolidation of our Russian operations in future periods, or the termination of and loss of revenue from our business operations, based on actions taken by Russia, other parties or us. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “The war in Ukraine has impacted and could continue to impact our business operations, financial performance and results of operations.”
Developments in the Middle East
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran and the situation remains highly uncertain. Following the military strikes, we briefly stopped production within our manufacturing facility in Bahrain and that facility is now operating with reduced capacity. As a result of this conflict, recent shipping disruptions in the Middle East and surrounding waterways have created logistical pressures, including impacts to the availability of certain shipping routes, resulting in increased shipping costs and time. While we have taken actions to divert our shipping routes to minimize impacts on our business, we may not be able to fully mitigate the impact of higher shipping rates, longer shipping routes and other adverse impacts related to this conflict in certain AMEA markets. However, to date, these developments have not had a material impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. We continue to evaluate the impacts of these developments, including evolving geopolitical dynamics, on our business and we cannot predict if they will have a significant impact in the future. During the first quarter of 2026, Middle Eastern countries impacted by the conflict g
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
As we operate globally, we are primarily exposed to currency exchange rate, commodity price and interest rate market risks. We monitor and manage these exposures as part of our overall risk management program. Our risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effects that the volatility of these markets may have on our operating results.
We principally utilize derivative instruments to reduce significant, unanticipated earnings fluctuations that may arise from volatility in currency exchange rates, commodity prices and interest rates. Additionally, we periodically use interest rate swaps and forward interest rate contracts to achieve a desired proportion of variable versus fixed rate debt based on current and projected market conditions. For additional information on our derivative activity and the types of derivative instruments we use to hedge our currency exchange, commodity price and interest rate exposures, see Note 6, Financial Instruments and for additional information on our debt activity, see Note 5, Debt and Borrowing Arrangements.
For additional information on our strategies, policies and practices on an ongoing basis, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have established disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management, together with our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. Based on this evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2026.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management, together with our CEO and CFO, evaluated the changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2026. There were no material changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
Information regarding legal proceedings is available in Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies, to the condensed consolidated financial statements in this report.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Our stock repurchase activity for each of the three months in the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was:
| Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price Paid per Share (1) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2) (3) | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2) (4) | |||||||||||||||||||
| January 1-31, 2026 | 7,421 | $ | 54.25 | — | $ | 6,702 | |||||||||||||||||
| February 1-28, 2026 | 215,174 | 61.44 | — | 6,702 | |||||||||||||||||||
| March 1-31, 2026 | 233,989 | 59.67 | — | 6,702 | |||||||||||||||||||
| For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2026 | 456,584 | 60.42 | — |
(1)The total number of shares purchased (and the average price paid per share) reflects: (i) shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program described in (2) below; and (ii) shares tendered to us by employees who used shares to exercise options and to pay the related taxes for grants of deferred stock that vested, totaling 7,421 shares, 215,174 shares and 233,989 shares for the months of January, February and March 2026, respectively.
(2)Effective January 1, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized a program for the repurchase of up to $9.0 billion of our Common Stock through December 31, 2027, excluding excise taxes. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we did not repurchase any shares. As of March 31, 2026, we had approximately $6.7 billion of share repurchase authorization remaining. See related information in Note 9, Shareholders' Equity.
(3)Any excise tax incurred on share repurchases is recognized as part of the cost basis of the shares acquired.
(4)Dollar values stated in millions.
Item 5. Other Information.
(c) Insider Trading Arrangements
Our directors and executive officers may from time to time enter into plans or other arrangements for the purchase or sale of our shares that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5–1(c) or may represent a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement under the Exchange Act. During the quarter ended March 31, 2026, no such plans or other arrangements were adopted or terminated.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| By: /s/ LUCA ZARAMELLA | ||
| Luca Zaramella | ||
| Executive Vice President, | ||
| Chief Operating Officer and | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Duly Authorized Officer) | ||
| April 28, 2026 |
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