Moderate revenue decrease Nestle expected

Moderate decrease Nestle expected

Over the past book year the analyst estimate the revenue to be around 89,72 billion Switzerland Franc. This is marginally more than the 2014's revenue of 91,61 billion Switzerland Franc. The consensus of the analysts for 2015 is a net profit of 10,32 billion Switzerland Franc.

For 2015 the consensus of the earnings per share of Nestle is at profit of 3,29 Switzerland Franc. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio equals 21,76.

The consensus of the dividends per share is at 2,23 Switzerland Franc.Consequently the dividend return is around 3,11 percent. On average the stocks in this sector yield a dividend return of around 1,65 percent.

The stock Nestle is covered by 18 analysts. The average target price for Nestle is at 77,67 Switzerland Franc. This is 8 percent more than the current stock price of 71,60 Switzerland Franc.

The stocks Ter Beke, Greenyard Foods and KTG Agrar in the sector food sector have the most buy recommendations. The 3 most recent recommendations for the food sector were provided by Berenberg (buy, 83,00 Switzerland Franc), JP Morgan (buy, 80,00 Switzerland Franc) and Nomura Securities (buy, 91,00 Switzerland Franc).

Nestle's book value/price equals 0,31. The food producer now trades at a Shiller PE of -12.38. The stock now trades at 71,60 Switzerland Franc. This equals 16 times the 2014's earnings per share.