Manufacture and distribute a wide range of premium chocolate products globally. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 7% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $1.3B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 27.3× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
angles, checked one by one.
The 4 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
R&D Investment: Spending on future research is low.
The stock trades 37% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It pays out $231 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The share set aside for the future is small; the pace of new ideas may slow. Council score: 2/10.
Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult. Council score: 2/10.
Since the drop from its peak, buyer appetite hasn’t come back. Council score: 2/10.
Against everything we grade, LDSVF lands near the bottom. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LDSVF does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.