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Lotus Bakeries NV is a Belgian multinational snack food company founded in 1932 and headquartered in Lembeke, Kaprijke. It specializes in indulgent and natural snacking products, with its flagship Lotus Biscoff speculoos cookie renowned worldwide, particularly as an in-flight treat served by airlines since the 1980s. The company offers a diverse portfolio including nākd and TREK energy bars, BEAR fruit snacks for children, Kiddylicious baby foods, Peter’s Yard sourdough crispbreads, Dinosaurus treats, Peijnenburg gingerbread, and Annas ginger cookies. Production occurs across facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, South Africa, the United States, and a new Biscoff site in Thailand set for 2026 operation. Active in about 70 countries across Europe, America, Asia, and Australia, Lotus Bakeries employs around 3,300 people and reported EUR 1.23 billion in revenue for 2024. Family-controlled by the Boone and Stevens families, it listed shares publicly in 1988 and plays a key role in the global snack market through strategic acquisitions and innovation in premium, natural products.
€11060.00
€20.00 (-0.18%)
EOD Jun 23, 2026 · Twelve Data
17.21% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 15.90%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 10.0%, steady but not accelerating.
At 52x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration.
52.2x earnings, 96.7x FCF. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
€1.36B
▲ +10.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
€172M
▲ +13.0% YoY
Op. Margin
17.21%
▲ +0.4pp YoY
ROIC
15.90%
▲ +0.2pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
€93M
▲ +44.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
€135M
▲ +4.0% YoY
Net Debt
€112M
Cash & Equiv.
€200M
3Y CAGR: +15.6%
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At a P/E of 52.2 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 96.7, Lotus Bakeries NV (LOTB.XBRU) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about €2,417.80 per share, so at €11,060.00 the stock looks overvalued (78.1% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Lotus Bakeries NV scores 61/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 0.7%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about €2,417.80 per share for LOTB.XBRU, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around €1,813.35. At today's €11,060.00, that puts the stock about 78.1% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Lotus Bakeries NV scores 61 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, passing 3 of 8 checks, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 17.2% operating margin and a 15.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full check-by-check breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Lotus Bakeries NV pays a regular dividend of about €76.00 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 0.7% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 35.8% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. Lotus Bakeries NV has grown the dividend at roughly 21.0% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For LOTB.XBRU's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. LOTB.XBRU currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 61/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 0.7%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.