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Nestle S.A.

NESN#123 of 134 by buybacks

SW · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · Switzerland

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026CHF 127M≈ $153M · reported in CHF
Buyback yield0.1%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026CHF 15.8Bdividend yield 8.1%
Shareholder yield8.2%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−7.6%2.57B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow1%payout incl. dividends 127%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in CHF. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 7.6% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in CHF. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in CHF. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025CHF 213MCHF 7.85BCHF 11.4B
FY2024Dec 2024CHF 4.68BCHF 7.82BCHF 10.9B
FY2023Dec 2023CHF 5.23BCHF 7.83BCHF 9.74B
FY2022Dec 2022CHF 10.7BCHF 7.62BCHF 6.55B
FY2021Dec 2021CHF 6.55BCHF 7.68BCHF 8.52B
FY2020Dec 2020CHF 6.81BCHF 7.70BCHF 10.0B
FY2019Dec 2019CHF 9.77BCHF 7.23BCHF 11.6B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −95.4% versus the prior year.

About Nestle S.A.

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 Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, and internationally. The company offers cereals, chocolate and confectionery, coffee, culinary, chilled and frozen food, dairy, drinks, food service, ice cream, nutrition and health, petcare, water, plant-based portfolio, and recipe products. It sells its products un…

Market cap
CHF 196B
P/E (trailing)
26.3×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
CH0038863350
Reporting currency
CHF
Data updated
Oct 9, 2026
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