Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
59/100
Moderate

Ranked against 264 peers in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services

About Mondelez International, Inc.

Mondelez International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells snack food and beverage products in Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The company provides biscuits and baked snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, snack bars, and cakes and pastries; chocolates; and gums and candies, as well as various cheese, grocery, and powdered beverage products. … Full MDLZ analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.85), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 0.71), indicating reliable business model.

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.11), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where MDLZ ranks in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services

Mondelez International, Inc. ranks #102 of 265 scored companies in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services by moat score — the top 38%. The widest moat in the group is Brown Forman Inc (BF-A) at 93/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
98 Target Corporation TGT 60/100 Moderate
99 Embotelladora Andina S.A. AKO-A 60/100 Moderate
100 Embotelladora Andina S.A. AKO-B 60/100 Moderate
101 Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. KOF 59/100 Moderate
102 Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ 59/100 Moderate
103 Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. COKE 59/100 Moderate
104 The Vita Coco Company, Inc. COCO 58/100 Moderate
105 CHS Inc CHSCL 58/100 Moderate
106 Bunge Limited BG 58/100 Moderate

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How MDLZ scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 59 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 73 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 76 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 57 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 40 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 52 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding MDLZ's moat

What is Mondelez International, Inc.'s moat score?

Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ) scores 59 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #102 of 265 scored companies in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services, the top 38%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 264 companies in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (76/100) and its weakest is Resilience (40/100).

How does Mondelez International, Inc. compare with other Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services companies?

Mondelez International, Inc. ranks #102 of 265 scored companies in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services by moat score. The widest moat in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services is Brown Forman Inc (BF-A) at 93/100. The companies ranked closest are Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF) at 59 just above it and Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (COKE) at 59 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 264 companies in Consumer Defensive: Staples & Essential Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Mondelez International, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Mondelez International, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MDLZ scores: Pricing Power (59), Cost Advantage (73), Customer Stickiness (76), Capital Efficiency (57), Resilience (40), Scale & Market Position (52). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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