What Makes Mondelez International (MDLZ) an Attractive Investment?

Soumya Eswaran

Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 7:59 AM 3 min read

Lindsell Train Ltd, an investment management company, has released its "Lindsell Train Global Equity Fund" first-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The objective of the fund is to boost long-term Shareholders’ capital from an actively managed global equity portfolio, mainly on recognized exchanges in developed countries worldwide. The fund returned -2.0% in the quarter, outperforming the -4.7% return for the benchmark MSCI World Index.  In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2025.

In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Lindsell Train Global Equity Fund highlighted stocks such as Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ). Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) manufactures and markets snack food and beverage products. The one-month return of Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) was 4.40%, and its shares gained 4.85% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 2, 2025, Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) stock closed at $69.56 per share, with a market capitalization of $90.068 billion.

Lindsell Train Global Equity Fund stated the following regarding Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

"Heineken and Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) also possess strong defensive qualities, because they sell low ticket, frequently-purchased items, protected by brand power built up over decades of cumulative advertising spend. One can see clear evidence of the consumer loyalty they enjoy via their resilient volume growth figures over the last few years, despite the considerable price increases they’ve been obliged to pass through in the post-Covid inflationary period."

A colourful array of products like candies, chocolates and gums on a supermarket shelf.

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 52 hedge fund portfolios held Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) at the end of the first quarter, which was 55 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the undervalued AI stock set for massive gains.