Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
We are proud members of the Standard and Poor's 500 and Nasdaq 100. Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “MDLZ.” At January 29, 2021, there were 43,367 holders of record of our Common Stock.
Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return
The following graph compares the cumulative total return on our Common Stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Mondelēz International performance peer group index. The graph assumes, in each case, that an initial investment of $100 is made at the beginning of the five-year period. The cumulative total return reflects market prices at the end of each year and the reinvestment of dividends each year.
As of December 31, Mondelēz
International S&P 500 Performance
Peer Group
2015 $ 100.00 $ 100.00 $ 100.00
2016 100.57 111.96 104.70
2017 98.98 136.40 121.55
2018 94.75 130.42 114.36
2019 133.06 171.49 145.00
2020 144.48 203.04 158.62
The Mondelēz International performance peer group consists of the following companies considered our market competitors or that have been selected on the basis of industry, global focus or industry leadership: Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Danone S.A., General Mills, Inc., The Hershey Company, Kellogg Company, The Kraft Heinz Company, Nestlé S.A., PepsiCo, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company and Unilever PLC. The Kraft Heinz Company performance history is included for 2016 through 2020 only as the company was formed in 2015.
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our stock repurchase activity for each of the three months in the quarter ended December 31, 2020 was:
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share (1)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
October 1-31, 2020 60,320 $ 57.57 — $ 2,450
November 1-30, 2020 5,488,346 57.92 5,454,165 2,138
December 1-31, 2020 6,704,171 57.90 6,699,294 5,750
For the Quarter Ended
December 31, 2020
12,252,837 57.71 12,153,459
(1) The total number of shares purchased (and the average price paid per share) reflects: (i) shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program described in (2) below; and (ii) shares tendered to us by employees who used shares to exercise options and to pay the related taxes for grants of deferred stock units that vested, totaling 60,320 shares, 34,181 shares and 4,877 shares for the fiscal months of October, November and December 2020, respectively.
(2) Dollar values stated in millions. Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of $23.7 billion of our Common Stock through December 31, 2023. Authorizations to increase and extend the program duration included: $4.0 billion on December 2, 2020, $6.0 billion on January 31, 2018, $6.0 billion on July 29, 2015, $1.7 billion on December 3, 2013, $6.0 billion on August 6, 2013 (cumulatively including amounts authorized on March 12, 2013) and the lesser of 40 million shares and $1.2 billion on March 12, 2013. Since the program inception on March 12, 2013 through December 31, 2020, we have repurchased $17.9 billion, and as of December 31, 2020, we had $5.8 billion share repurchase authorization remaining. See related information in Note 13, Capital Stock and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Equity and Dividends .
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Mondelēz International, Inc.
Selected Financial Data – Five Year Review (1)
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
(in millions, except per share and employee data)
Continuing Operations (2)
Net revenues $ 26,581 $ 25,868 $ 25,938 $ 25,896 $ 25,923
Earnings from continuing operations,
net of taxes 3,569 3,944 3,331 2,813 1,683
Net earnings attributable to
Mondelēz International 3,555 3,929 3,317 2,799 1,673
Per share, basic 2.48 2.72 2.25 1.85 1.08
Per share, diluted 2.47 2.69 2.23 1.83 1.06
Cash Flow and Financial Position (3)
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,964 3,965 3,948 2,593 2,838
Capital expenditures 863 925 1,095 1,014 1,224
Property, plant and equipment, net 9,026 8,733 8,482 8,677 8,229
Total assets 67,810 64,515 62,618 62,907 61,460
Long-term debt 17,276 14,207 12,532 12,972 13,217
Total Mondelēz International
shareholders’ equity $ 27,578 $ 27,241 $ 25,526 $ 25,945 $ 25,096
Shares outstanding at year end (4)
1,419 1,435 1,451 1,488 1,528
Per Share and Other Data
Book value per shares outstanding $ 19.43 $ 18.98 $ 17.59 $ 17.44 $ 16.42
Dividends declared per share (5)
$ 1.20 $ 1.09 $ 0.96 $ 0.82 $ 0.72
Common Stock closing price at year end $ 58.47 $ 55.08 $ 40.03 $ 42.80 $ 44.33
Number of employees 79,000 80,000 80,000 83,000 90,000
(1) The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and Annual Reports on Form 10-K for earlier periods. During 2020, we moved to a quarter lag for recording Jacobs Douwe Egberts ("JDE") and JDE Peet's N.V. ("JDE Peet's") results and we recast all prior periods since the inception of our investment in JDE in 2015 on the same quarter lag basis. Please see Note 7, Equity Method Investments , for more information. During 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition accounting standard update, and it did not have a material impact on any reported periods. During 2019, we adopted the new lease accounting standard and related updates. Please also refer to our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K for additional information. A significant portion of our business is exposed to currency exchange rate fluctuation as a large portion of our assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses must be translated into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes. Refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of operating results on a constant currency basis where noted.
(2) Significant items impacting the comparability of our results from continuing operations include: the Simplify to Grow Program; costs associated with JDE Peet's transaction in 2020, gain/loss on equity method investment transactions in 2016-2020; other divestitures and sales of property in 2016-2020; acquisitions in 2016 and 2018-2020; losses on debt extinguishment in 2016-2018 and 2020; debt tender offers completed in 2016, 2018 and 2020; the remeasurement of net monetary position in Argentina in 2018-2020; impairment charges related to intangible assets in 2016-2020; losses or gains related to interest rate swaps in 2016 and 2018-2020; impacts from the resolution of tax matters in 2017-2018; impacts from pension participation changes in 2018-2020; CEO transition remuneration in 2017-2019; malware incident incremental expenses in 2017; and our provision for income taxes in all years, including the U.S. tax reform discrete net tax benefits or expenses in primarily 2017-2018 and Swiss tax reform net impacts in 2019. Please refer to Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies ; Note 2, Acquisitions and Divestitures ; Note 5, Leases ; Note 6, Goodwill and Intangible Assets ; Note 7, Equity Method Investments ; Note 8, Restructuring Program ; Note 9, Debt and Borrowing Arrangements ; Note 10, Financial Instruments ; Note 11, Benefit Plans ; Note 14, Commitments and Contingencies ; Note 16, Income Taxes ; and Note 18, Segment Reporting , and our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for earlier periods for additional information regarding items affecting comparability of our results from continuing operations.
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(3) Items impacting comparability primarily relate to and acquisitions and divestitures during 2016-2020 and the Keurig and JDE coffee business transactions in 2016. Please refer to Note 2, Acquisitions and Divestitures, and our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K for additional information.
(4) Refer to Note 13, Capital Stock , for additional information on our share repurchase program activity.
(5) Refer to the Equity and Dividends section within Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for information on our dividends.
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