Mondelez International, Inc.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview of Business and Strategy
Our core business is making and selling chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks, with additional businesses in adjacent, locally relevant categories including gum & candy, meals and beverages around the world.
We aim to be the global leader in snacking. Our strategy is to drive long-term growth by focusing on four strategic priorities: accelerating consumer-centric growth, driving operational excellence, creating a winning growth culture and scaling sustainable snacking. We believe the successful implementation of our strategic priorities and leveraging of our attractive global footprint, strong core of iconic global and local brands, marketing, sales, distribution and cost excellence capabilities, and top talent with a growth mindset, will drive consistent top- and bottom-line growth, enabling us to continue to create long-term value for our shareholders.
Recent Developments and Significant Items
Macroeconomic environment
We continue to observe significant market and geopolitical uncertainty, fluctuating consumer demand, inflationary pressures, supply constraints, trade and regulatory uncertainty and exchange rate volatility. As a result, we experienced higher operating costs, including higher overall raw material, labor and energy costs that have continued to rise. In particular, cocoa prices are lower compared to prior year but are expected to remain elevated compared to historical levels in the near- and medium-term. Refer to Commodity Trends for additional information.
Our overall outlook for future snacks revenue growth remains strong; however, we anticipate ongoing volatility. While we have responded to elevated raw material costs with price increases for certain of our products, the elasticity impacts from those pricing increases have adversely impacted consumer demand, particularly in the United States and Europe. We will continue to proactively manage our business in response to the evolving global economic environment, related uncertainty and business risks while also prioritizing and supporting our employees and customers. We continue to take steps to mitigate impacts to our supply chain, operations, technology and assets.
Trade and Regulatory Uncertainty
In many markets, including the United States, certain products or a portion of our products, including significant inputs, are imported from other jurisdictions. As the current geopolitical environment remains unpredictable, we continue to monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed and enacted tariffs, including proposed and enacted retaliatory tariffs or other trade restrictions. During the first quarter of 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") were unlawful. Over the period in which these tariffs were in effect, we paid approximately $20 million of tariffs under the IEEPA. The timing and amount of any refunds of these tariffs remains uncertain at this stage. As such, we have not recorded any anticipated IEEPA tariff refund as of March 31, 2026. Additionally, the U.S. administration has continued to impose new tariffs under other provisions in U.S. trade law and will likely continue to do so in the future. We are evaluating the potential impact of these developments as well as our ability to mitigate the impact, as they are expected to adversely impact our revenue and cost of goods sold. If additional tariff actions are implemented, we would expect those adverse impacts on our business operations and financial performance to be significant. For most products and materials imported to the United States from Mexico and Canada, we comply with the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and are therefore not subject to tariffs on most products and materials imported from those jurisdictions. However, the current trade environment continues to evolve rapidly and there can be no assurance that such products and materials will continue to be exempt. The implementation of additional protectionist trade measures, and any further retaliatory actions taken in response, could result in increased costs and pricing pressures, disrupt consumer spending patterns, and impact market stability and consumer confidence, any or all of which could adversely affect our operating results. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “We are subject to risks from changes to the trade policies and tariff and import/export regulations by the U.S. and/or other foreign governments.”
War in Ukraine
In February 2022, following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, we stopped production and closed our facilities in Ukraine; since then, we have taken steps to protect the safety of our employees and to restore operations at our two manufacturing facilities, which were significantly damaged in March 2022. We have suspended new capital investments and our advertising spending in Russia, but as a food company with more than 2,500 employees in the country, we have not ceased operations because we believe that we play a role in the continuity of the food supply. We continue to evaluate the situation in Ukraine and Russia and our ability to control our operating activities and businesses on an ongoing basis and comply with applicable international sanctions. We continue to consolidate both our Ukrainian and Russian subsidiaries. During the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine generated 0.4% and Russia generated 3.1% of our consolidated net revenue. We cannot predict if the recent strength in our Russian business will continue in the future.
Our operations in Russia are subject to risks, including the temporary or permanent loss of assets due to expropriation or further curtailment of our ability to conduct business operations in Russia. In the event this were to occur, this could lead to the partial or full impairment of our Russian assets or deconsolidation of our Russian operations in future periods, or the termination of and loss of revenue from our business operations, based on actions taken by Russia, other parties or us. For additional information, see the risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the risk entitled “The war in Ukraine has impacted and could continue to impact our business operations, financial performance and results of operations.”
Developments in the Middle East
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran and the situation remains highly uncertain. Following the military strikes, we briefly stopped production within our manufacturing facility in Bahrain and that facility is now operating with reduced capacity. As a result of this conflict, recent shipping disruptions in the Middle East and surrounding waterways have created logistical pressures, including impacts to the availability of certain shipping routes, resulting in increased shipping costs and time. While we have taken actions to divert our shipping routes to minimize impacts on our business, we may not be able to fully mitigate the impact of higher shipping rates, longer shipping routes and other adverse impacts related to this conflict in certain AMEA markets. However, to date, these developments have not had a material impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. We continue to evaluate the impacts of these developments, including evolving geopolitical dynamics, on our business and we cannot predict if they will have a significant impact in the future. During the first quarter of 2026, Middle Eastern countries impacted by the conflict generated approximately 1.0% of our consolidated net revenue.
Extreme Price Growth in Argentina and Other Currency-Related Items
During December 2023, the Argentinean peso significantly devalued. The peso's devaluation and potential resulting distortion on our non-GAAP Organic Net Revenue, Organic Net Revenue growth and other constant currency growth rate measures resulted in our decision to exclude the impact of pricing increases in excess of 26% year-over-year ("extreme pricing") in Argentina, from these measures beginning in the first quarter of 2024. The benchmark of 26% represents the minimum annual inflation rate for each year over a 3-year period which would result in a cumulative inflation rate in excess of 100%, the level at which an economy is considered hyperinflationary under U.S. GAAP. Throughout the following MD&A discussion, we exclude the impact of extreme pricing in Argentina from the net pricing impact of Organic Net Revenue and Organic Net Revenue growth and its related impact on our other non-GAAP financial constant currency growth measures. Additionally within this MD&A discussion, "currency-related items" reflect the impacts of extreme pricing and year-over-year currency translation rate changes. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
Extreme pricing did not have a material impact on our non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
ERP System Implementation
In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved funding of $1.2 billion for a multi-year systems transformation program to upgrade our global ERP and supply chain systems (the “ERP System Implementation”). ERP System Implementation spending comprises both capital expenditures and operating expenses, of which a majority is expected to relate to operating expenses. The operating expenses associated with the ERP System Implementation
represent incremental transformational costs above the normal ongoing level of spending on information technology to support operations. The ERP System Implementation program is being implemented by region in several phases with spending occurring over the next three years, with expected completion by year-end 2028. Refer to Non-GAAP financial measures for additional information.
Taxes
We continue to monitor existing and potential future tax reform around the world. Numerous countries have enacted the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s model rules on a global minimum tax, effective for 2024. The existing legislation does not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. On January 5, 2026, the OECD Inclusive Framework members approved changes to the model rules, including the introduction of a “side by side” rule which would exempt U.S.-parented companies from certain aspects of the global minimum tax regime. The updated model rules will need to be incorporated into local tax legislation to be effective. We do not expect the new rules to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use non-GAAP financial measures internally to make operating and strategic decisions, including the preparation of our annual operating plan, evaluation of business performance and as a factor in determining incentive compensation. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures, when used in connection with results reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, provide additional information to facilitate comparisons of our historical operating results and to enable a more comprehensive understanding of trends in our underlying operating results. We also believe that presenting these measures allows investors to view our performance using the same measures that management and our Board of Directors use in evaluating our business performance and trends. However, non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as substitutes for, financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as or comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies. A limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is they exclude items that have an impact on our U.S. GAAP reported results. The best way this limitation can be addressed is by evaluating our non-GAAP financial measures in combination with our U.S. GAAP reported results. We have provided the reconciliations between the GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures along with a discussion of our underlying GAAP results throughout our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Form 10-Q.
We also evaluate the operating performance of the company and its international subsidiaries on a constant currency basis. Our non-GAAP measures presented on a constant currency basis exclude the effects of currency translation rate changes and, beginning in the first quarter of 2024, extreme pricing increases in Argentina. For additional information, refer to Extreme Price Growth in Argentina and Other Currency-Related Items. We determine constant currency operating results by dividing or multiplying, as appropriate, the current-period local currency operating results by the currency exchange rates used to translate the financial statements in the comparable prior-year period to determine what the current-period U.S. dollar operating results would have been if the currency exchange rate had not changed from the comparable prior-year period.
Our primary non-GAAP financial measures and corresponding metrics, listed below, reflect how we evaluate our current and prior-year operating results. As new events or circumstances arise, these definitions could change. When our definitions change, we provide the updated definitions and present the related non-GAAP historical results on a comparable basis. When items no longer impact our current or future presentation of non-GAAP operating results, we remove these items from our non-GAAP definitions. For descriptions of the items excluded from our non-GAAP financial measures, refer to Items Affecting Comparability of Financial Results.
•“Organic Net Revenue” is defined as net revenues (the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure) excluding, when they occur, the impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and currency-related items. We believe that Organic net revenue reflects the underlying growth from the ongoing activities of our business and provides improved comparability of results. Organic Net Revenue growth is presented on a consolidated basis, for each of our segments and for our emerging markets and developed markets, and these underlying measures are also reconciled to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures.
•Our emerging markets include the entire Latin America region; the AMEA region, excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan; and the following countries from the Europe region: Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltics and the East Adriatic countries.
•Our developed markets include the entire North America region; the Europe region excluding the countries included in the emerging markets definition; and Australia, New Zealand and Japan from the AMEA region.
•“Adjusted Operating Income” is defined as operating income (the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure) excluding, when they occur, the impacts of: restructuring charges; gains or losses (including non-cash impairment charges) on goodwill and intangible assets; divestiture-related items; acquisition-related items; remeasurement of net monetary position of highly inflationary countries; mark-to-market impacts from commodity and foreign currency derivative contracts economically hedging forecasted transactions; resolution of tax matters; incremental costs due to geopolitical conflicts and operating costs from the ERP System Implementation program. We also present Adjusted Operating Income margin, which is subject to the same adjustments as Adjusted Operating Income. We also evaluate growth in our Adjusted Operating Income on a constant currency basis. We believe these measures provide improved comparability of underlying operating results.
•“Adjusted EPS” is defined as diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International (the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure) from continuing operations excluding, when they occur, the impacts of the items listed in the Adjusted Operating Income definition as well as pension participation changes and gains or losses on equity method investment transactions. We also evaluate growth in our Adjusted EPS on a constant currency basis. We believe Adjusted EPS provides improved comparability of underlying operating results.
Items Affecting Comparability of Financial Results
The below table and subsequent commentary present income or (expense) items that affected the comparability of our results of operations and provides details of each item. Please refer to the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements indicated below for additional information. We consider quantitative and qualitative factors in assessing whether to adjust for the impact of items that may be significant or that could affect an understanding of our ongoing financial and business performance and trends. These items are excluded from our non-GAAP earnings measures to better facilitate comparisons of our underlying operating performance across periods. Refer to the Consolidated Results of Operations – Net Earnings and Earnings per Share Attributable to Mondelēz International table for the after-tax per share impacts of these items and to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for definitions of our non-GAAP financial measures.
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Restructuring charges | Note 11 | $ | (47) | $ | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Mark-to-market losses from derivatives (1) | Note 6 | (274) | (673) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition-related items | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Divestiture-related items | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Incremental costs due to geopolitical conflicts | (7) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ERP System Implementation costs | (49) | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of net monetary position | Note 1 | (5) | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pension participation changes | Note 7 | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Initial impacts from enacted tax law changes | (1) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on equity method investment transactions | (2) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Includes impacts recorded in operating income and interest expense and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings.
Restructuring charges – Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025, we initiated new restructuring actions to reduce our cost structure and streamline our operations. The charges associated with those actions primarily relate to severance and other implementation costs. We completed our previous Simplify to Grow Program in 2024. Following the completion of that earlier restructuring program, any adjustments to the liabilities for previously recorded charges, which were immaterial for each period presented, continue to be reflected within this item.
Mark-to-market impacts from derivatives – We exclude unrealized gains and losses (mark-to-market impacts) from commodity and foreign currency derivative contracts economically hedging forecasted transactions from our non-GAAP earnings measures. The mark-to-market impacts of those derivatives are excluded until the related gains or losses are realized. Since we purchase commodity and foreign currency derivative contracts to mitigate price volatility primarily for inventory requirements in future periods, we make this adjustment to remove the volatility of these future inventory purchases on current operating results to facilitate comparisons of our underlying operating performance across periods.
Acquisition-related items – Includes acquisition-related costs, acquisition integration costs, contingent consideration adjustments, inventory step-ups and gains from acquisitions. Acquisition-related costs include third-party advisor, investment banking and legal fees. Acquisition integration costs include costs related to the integration of operations from acquisitions. Contingent consideration adjustments include any changes made to contingent compensation liabilities for earn-outs related to acquisitions that do not relate to recurring employee compensation expense. Refer to Note 6, Financial Instruments - Fair Value of Contingent Consideration for additional information. Other acquisition-related items include incremental costs from inventory step-ups associated with acquired companies related to the fair market valuation of the acquired inventory and acquisition gains from the remeasurement of an existing noncontrolling investment to fair value when the company acquires a controlling interest in the investee.
Divestiture-related items – Includes operating results from divestitures, divestiture-related costs and gains or losses on divestitures. Divestitures may include sales of businesses, exits of major product lines upon completion of a sale or licensing agreement, or sales of equity method investments. Divestiture-related costs include costs incurred in relation to the preparation and completion of divestiture transactions (including one-time costs such as severance related to the elimination of stranded costs) as well as costs incurred associated with publicly announced processes to sell businesses.
Incremental costs due to geopolitical conflicts - Reflects impacts related to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Includes costs related to transportation surcharges, evacuation costs and committed compensation.
ERP System Implementation costs – In July 2024, our Board of Directors approved funding of $1.2 billion for a multi-year systems transformation program to upgrade our global ERP and supply chain systems, which is comprised of both capital expenditures and operating expenses, of which a majority is expected to be operating expenses. The ERP System Implementation program is being implemented by region in several phases with spending continuing over the next three years, with expected completion by year-end 2028. The operating expenses associated with the ERP System Implementation represent incremental transformational costs above the normal ongoing level of spending on information technology to support operations. These expenses include third-party consulting fees, direct labor costs associated with the program, accelerated depreciation of our existing SAP financial systems and various other expenses, all associated with the implementation of our information technology upgrades.
Remeasurement of net monetary position of highly inflationary countries – Our operations in Argentina, Türkiye, Egypt and Nigeria are currently accounted for as highly inflationary. We exclude remeasurement gains and losses of the monetary assets and liabilities of our subsidiaries in highly inflationary economies and the realized gains and losses from derivatives that mitigate the foreign currency volatility related to the remeasurement of the respective monetary assets or liabilities from our non-GAAP earnings measures to facilitate comparisons of our underlying operating performance across periods.
Pension participation changes – Consists of the charges incurred, primarily gains or losses from pension curtailments and settlements, including settlement losses from the full or partial buy-out of our pension plans, as well as costs incurred when employee groups are withdrawn from multiemployer pension plans. We exclude these charges from our non-GAAP results because those amounts do not reflect our ongoing pension obligations.
Resolution of tax matters – Consists of the charges and credits related to unusual and significant indirect tax matters. Due to the unique nature of these resolutions, we believe them to be infrequent and therefore exclude them from our non-GAAP earnings measures to better facilitate comparisons of our underlying operating performance across periods.
Initial impacts from enacted tax law changes – Initial impacts from enacted tax law changes include items such as the remeasurement of deferred tax balances and transition taxes from tax reforms. We exclude initial impacts from enacted tax law changes from our non-GAAP financial measures as they do not reflect our ongoing tax obligations under the enacted tax law.
Gains and losses on equity method investment transactions – We exclude gains and losses from partial or full sales of equity method investments, as well as impairments or other non-routine transactions related to those investments. In addition, we also exclude from our non-GAAP financial measures any gains or losses realized on economic hedges of sales proceeds from our equity method investment transactions.
Discussion and Analysis of Historical Results
Summary of Results
Net Revenues – increased 8.2% to $10.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Net revenue growth in the first quarter of 2026 was driven by higher net pricing and favorable currency-related items, as several currencies we operate in strengthened relative to the U.S. dollar compared to exchange rates in the prior year, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix and lapping prior-year net revenue from a divestiture.
Organic Net Revenue – Organic Net Revenue, a non-GAAP financial measure, increased 3.0% to $9.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year due to higher net pricing, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix. Organic Net Revenue is reported on a constant currency basis and excludes revenue from acquisitions and divestitures. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures for the definition of Organic Net Revenue and Consolidated Results of Operations for our reconciliation with net revenues.
Diluted EPS – Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International increased 41.9% to $0.44 in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by a favorable year-over-year change in mark-to-market impacts from commodity and foreign currency derivatives. This favorable item was partially offset by a decrease in Adjusted EPS, higher restructuring charges and higher costs incurred for the ERP System Implementation program.
Adjusted EPS – Adjusted EPS, a non-GAAP financial measure, decreased 9.5% to $0.67 in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year. On a constant currency basis, Adjusted EPS decreased 14.9% to $0.63 in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures for the definition of Adjusted EPS and Consolidated Results of Operations for our reconciliation with diluted EPS. The decrease in Adjusted EPS was driven by operating declines and higher income taxes, partially offset by lower interest and other expense, favorable currency-related items and fewer shares outstanding.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31
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| Net revenues | $ | 10,080 | $ | 9,313 | $ | 767 | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Operating income | 808 | 680 | 128 | 18.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||
Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International | 560 | 402 | 158 | 39.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Mondelēz International | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 41.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||
Net Revenues – Net revenues increased $767 million (8.2%) to $10,080 million in the first quarter of 2026, and Organic Net Revenue (1) increased $279 million (3.0%) to $9,581 million. Emerging markets net revenues increased 11.4% and emerging markets Organic Net Revenue increased 6.3% (1). Developed markets net revenues increased 6.1% and developed markets Organic Net Revenue increased 0.8% (1). The underlying changes in net revenues and Organic Net Revenue are detailed below:
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| Reported (GAAP) | $ | 4,149 | $ | 5,931 | $ | 10,080 | |||||||||
Currency-related items | (193) | (306) | (499) | ||||||||||||
| Organic (Non-GAAP) | $ | 3,956 | $ | 5,625 | $ | 9,581 | |||||||||
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| Reported (GAAP) | $ | 3,723 | $ | 5,590 | $ | 9,313 | |||||||||
| Divestitures | — | (11) | (11) | ||||||||||||
| Organic (Non-GAAP) | $ | 3,723 | $ | 5,579 | $ | 9,302 | |||||||||
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| Reported (GAAP) | 11.4 | % | 6.1 | % | 8.2 | % | |||||||||
| Divestitures | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
Currency-related items | (5.1) | (5.5) | (5.4) | ||||||||||||
| Organic (Non-GAAP) | 6.3 | % | 0.8 | % | 3.0 | % | |||||||||
| Vol/Mix | 0.5 pp | (1.2)pp | (0.5)pp | ||||||||||||
| Pricing | 5.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
(1)Refer to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for additional information.
Net revenue increase of 8.2% was driven by our underlying Organic Net Revenue growth of 3.0% and favorable currency-related items, partially offset by lapping prior-year net revenue from a divestiture. Organic Net Revenue growth was driven by higher net pricing, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix. Higher net pricing was due to the benefit of carryover pricing from 2025 as well as the effects of input cost-driven pricing actions taken during 2026. Higher net pricing was reflected in all regions. Unfavorable volume/mix was experienced in Europe, Latin America and North America, driven by volume declines reflecting pricing elasticity impacts in Europe and Latin America, as well as soft biscuits & baked snacks consumption in North America. Currency-related items increased net revenues by $499 million, primarily driven by favorable currency translation rate changes, due to the strength of most currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, including the euro, British pound sterling, Mexican peso, Brazilian real, Russian ruble, Australian dollar and Chinese yuan. These favorable impacts were partially offset by the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to a few currencies, primarily the Argentinean peso, Indian rupee and Turkish lira.
Operating Income – Operating income increased $128 million (18.8%) to $808 million in the first quarter of 2026. Adjusted Operating Income (1) decreased $192 million (14.0%) to $1,182 million and Adjusted Operating Income on a constant currency basis (1) decreased $261 million (19.0%) to $1,113 million due to the following:
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| Operating Income | $ | 808 | $ | 680 | $ | 128 | 18.8 | % | ||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | 47 | (2) | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||
Mark-to-market losses from derivatives | 273 | 669 | (396) | |||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition-related items | (6) | (8) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Divestiture-related items | (1) | (5) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Incremental costs due to geopolitical conflicts | 7 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
ERP System Implementation costs | 49 | 33 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
Remeasurement of net monetary position | 5 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted Operating Income (1) | $ | 1,182 | $ | 1,374 | $ | (192) | (14.0) | % | ||||||||||||||
Currency-related items | (69) | — | (69) | |||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted Operating Income (constant currency) (1) | $ | 1,113 | $ | 1,374 | $ | (261) | (19.0) | % | ||||||||||||||
| Key Drivers of Adjusted Operating Income (constant currency) | $ Change | |||||||||||||||||
Higher net pricing | $ | 325 | ||||||||||||||||
Higher input costs | (439) | |||||||||||||||||
| Unfavorable volume/mix | (54) | |||||||||||||||||
Higher selling, general and administrative expenses | (104) | |||||||||||||||||
Lower amortization of intangible assets | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Total change in Adjusted Operating Income (constant currency) (1) | $ | (261) | ||||||||||||||||
(1)Refer to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for additional information.
During the first quarter of 2026, we realized higher net pricing, which was more than offset by increased input costs and unfavorable volume/mix. Higher net pricing, which included the carryover impact of pricing actions taken in 2025, was reflected across all regions. The increase in input costs was driven by higher raw material costs, partially offset by lower manufacturing costs driven by productivity. While there were declines in cocoa market prices during the first quarter of 2026, those declines did not translate into lower costs due to our existing hedge positions and sales of higher cost inventory that we held at the beginning of the period, Higher raw material costs were also driven by higher packaging, edible oils, nuts, energy, dairy and other ingredient costs, as well as unfavorable year-over-year currency exchange transaction costs on imported materials, partially offset by lower sugar and grain costs. Overall, unfavorable volume/mix was experienced in Europe, Latin America and North America, reflecting pricing elasticity impacts as well as biscuits & baked snacks category softness in North America.
Total selling, general and administrative expenses increased $205 million from the first quarter of 2025, which was net of several unfavorable factors noted in the table above, including in part, an unfavorable currency-related impacts to expenses and higher costs incurred for the ERP System Implementation program. Excluding these factors, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $104 million from the first quarter of 2025. The increase was driven primarily by higher advertising and consumer promotion costs and higher other selling, general and administration expenses.
Currency-related items increased operating income by $69 million due to favorable currency translation rate changes, as the impact of extreme pricing in Argentina was not material. Favorable currency translation rate changes were primarily due to the strength of several currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, including the euro, British pound sterling, Russian ruble, Brazilian real, Chinese yuan and Mexican peso, partially offset by the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to several currencies, including the Swiss franc and Indian rupee.
Operating income margin increased from 7.3% in the first quarter of 2025 to 8.0% in the first quarter of 2026. The increase in operating income margin was driven primarily by a favorable year-over-year change in mark-to-market impacts from commodity and foreign currency derivatives, partially offset by lower Adjusted Operating Income margin, higher restructuring charges and higher costs incurred for the ERP System Implementation program. Adjusted Operating Income margin decreased from 14.8% for the first quarter of 2025 to 11.7% for the first quarter of 2026. The decrease was driven primarily by higher raw material costs, unfavorable product mix, higher advertising and consumer promotion costs and general and administrative expenses, partially offset by higher pricing and lower manufacturing costs driven by productivity.
Income Taxes – In the first quarter of 2026, our effective tax rate was 29.4% as compared to 28.3% in the first quarter of 2025. The lower effective tax rate in the prior year was mainly driven by releases of liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to audit developments in the first quarter of 2025.
Net Earnings and Earnings per Share Attributable to Mondelēz International – Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International of $560 million increased by $158 million (39.3%) in the first quarter of 2026. Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International was $0.44 in the first quarter of 2026, up $0.13 (41.9%) from the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted EPS (1) was $0.67 in the first quarter of 2026, down $0.07 (9.5%) from the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted EPS on a constant currency basis (1) was $0.63 in the first quarter of 2026, down $0.11 (14.9%) from the first quarter of 2025.
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| Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.13 | 41.9 | % | |||||||||||||
| Restructuring charges | 0.03 | — | 0.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mark-to-market losses from derivatives | 0.17 | 0.41 | (0.24) | ||||||||||||||||||
ERP System Implementation costs | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
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- ~2027-02-03 10-K expected by 2027-02-26 (in 278 days)
- ~2027-04-27 10-Q expected by 2027-05-08 (in 361 days)
Predicted from historical filing cadence; not an SEC commitment.
Recent SEC filings
- 2026-04-28 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2026-04-28 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2026-02-18 8-K Material Agreement Entered; Material Agreement Terminated; Material Financial Obligation; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2026-02-04 10-K Annual Report
- 2026-02-03 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2026-01-30 8-K Officer/Director Change; Regulation FD Disclosure; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-10-28 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-10-28 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-07-29 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-07-29 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-05-27 8-K Officer/Director Change; Shareholder Vote Results
- 2025-05-06 8-K Other Events; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-04-29 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-04-29 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-02-20 8-K Material Agreement Entered; Material Agreement Terminated; Material Financial Obligation; Financial Statements and Exhibits