Cadbury's Q3 numbers - what the analysts say
By: just-food.com | 21 October 2009
Shares in Cadbury, the UK confectioner, are on the rise again today (21 October) after the company lifted its targets for annual sales and margins. The Dairy Milk maker's third-quarter numbers beat analyst forecasts and now the scene is set ahead of Kraft Foods' own quarterly figures on 3 November - and the 9 November deadline for any formal takeover offer. Not all analysts, however, were sweetened by Cadbury's data. Here is a flavour of what the analysts said after Cadbury unwrapped its results this morning.
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Shares in Cadbury, the UK confectioner, are on the rise again today (21 October) after the company lifted its targets for annual sales and margins. The Dairy Milk maker's third-quarter numbers beat analyst forecasts and now the scene is set ahead of Kraft Foods' own quarterly figures on 3 November - and the 9 November deadline for any formal takeover offer. Not all analysts, however, were sweetened by Cadbury's data. Here is a flavour of what the analysts said after Cadbury unwrapped its results this morning.
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