Kellanova

Consumer Staples
Packaged Foods
www.kellanova.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $28.56B
PE 21
Debt $5.61B
Cash $330.00M
EV $33.85B
FCF $863.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$1.38B
EBIT	$1.97B
ROE	34%
ROA	13%
FCF	$863.00M
Equity	$4.03B
Growth Stability	77%
PE	20.7
PEG	-4.23
PB	7.1
P/FCF	33.1
P/S	2.26
Price/Cash	0.01
Debt/Equity	1.39
Debt/FCF	6.5
Net Margins	10%
Gross Margins	36%
Op. Margins	16%
Earnings CAGR	3%
Sales Growth YoY	-4%
Sales Growth QoQ	-1%
Sales CAGR	0%
FCF CAGR	-0%
Equity CAGR	8%
Earnings Stability	0.05
Earnings Growth YoY	14%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-17%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	-5%

Sales CAGR 5Y	-3%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-5%
Equity CAGR 5Y	0%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-11%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-11%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-9%
Equity CAGR 3Y	-9%
Market Cap	$28.56B
Revenue	$12.63B
Dividend Yield	3%
Payout Ratio	57%
Assets	$15.47B
Total Debt	$5.61B
Cash	$330.00M
Shares Outstanding	346M
EV	33.85B
Earnings Score	6%
Moat Score	94%
Safety Score	77%
Final Score	59%
Working Capital	-867M
Current Ratio	0.8
Gross Profit	$4.57B
Shares Growth 3y	0%
Equity Growth QoQ	4%
Equity Growth YoY	23%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Founded in 1906, Kellogg is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of cereal, cookies, crackers, and other packaged foods. Its offerings are manufactured in 21 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries. Its product mix includes well-known brands such as Special K, Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies, Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Kashi, and Morningstar Farms. The firm added the Pringles brand to its mix in 2012. Sales outside its home turf account for around 40% of Kellogg's consolidated sales base. The firm intends to split its global snacking arm from its North American cereal and plant-based alternative segments by the end of calendar 2023.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Kellanova (K) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 29
2024
- 10-K Dec 28
- 10-Q Sep 28
- 10-Q Jun 29
- 10-Q Mar 30
2023
- 10-K Dec 30
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jul 01
- 10-Q Apr 01

Sector Comparison

How does Kellanova compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Kellanova compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 3%

Stability 5%

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Kellanova Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $8.4B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$863M	$859M	$855M	$851M	$847M	$844M	$840M	$836M	$832M	$828M	$825M	$8.2B
DCF		$781M	$707M	$640M	$579M	$524M	$474M	$429M	$388M	$351M	$318M	$3.2B
Value	$8.4B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	01/2021	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	5%	5%	10%	10%	7%	9%	10%	6%	7%	11%	10%
ROA	-	9%	12%	10%	9%	10%	12%	9%	10%	13%	13%
ROE	-	36%	57%	42%	29%	34%	35%	22%	28%	35%	34%

Net Margins (9.86%)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	01/2021	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	7.1	7.56	9.63	14.3	5.4	6.7	5.91	6.63	5.53	6.5
Debt over Equity	3.66	4.13	3.88	2.92	2.55	2.2	1.82	1.57	1.9	1.61	1.39
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	87%	100%	100%	78%	77%	100%	77%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (6.5)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.39)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (77%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	01/2016	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	01/2021	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-4%	-1%	5%	0%	1%	3%	8%	-14%	-3%	-3%
Earnings YoY growth	-	13%	83%	5%	-28%	30%	19%	-35%	-1%	41%	-5%
Equity YoY growth	-	-10%	16%	42%	5%	10%	16%	4%	-23%	15%	0%
FCF YoY growth	-	-1%	2%	-16%	-38%	151%	-22%	1%	-17%	17%	-5%