Chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli FY sales rise 8%, backs 2023 view
Reuters
Published Jan 17, 2023 06:37
Updated Jan 17, 2023 07:42
ZURICH (Reuters) - Lindt & Spruengli said on Tuesday that strong international sales helped organic sales grow by 8.4% last year and the Swiss chocolate maker backed its sales growth forecast for this year, despite expecting inflation to pose a challenge.
Overall sales rose to 4.97 billion Swiss francs ($5.30 billion) in 2022, the maker of Lindor balls and gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies said in a statement.
That was slightly ahead of a 4.96 billion franc consensus estimate by analysts.
Despite strong growth in North America and countries grouped in "Rest of the World," consumer sentiment dampened in key markets, while sales in Europe fell slightly to 2.30 billion francs from 2.33 billion due to currency effects, Lindt said.
Still, the company said it was "confident" of achieving an operating margin of 15% for 2022.
The chocolate maker expects a challenging 2023 due to the inflationary environment, but maintained its sales growth target of 6-8%.
Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Jon Cox said Lindt tends to be more affected by recessions than its peers.
"In the premium segment, Lindt could suffer more than other players, at least in the early stages of recession when retailers tend to cut back on more expensive products," he said.
Lindt's full results are due to be published on March 7. ($1 = 0.9244 Swiss francs)
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