Key Facts: Nestlé’s stock jumped about 8% on Oct. 16 – its steepest one-day gain since 2008swissinfo.chts2.tech. That followed a surprise 4.3% rise in Q3 organic salesreuters.com, with its volume metric at +1.5%reuters.com. New CEO Philipp Navratil announced a costly “turnaround” plan: 16,000 job cuts over two yearsswissinfo.chtheguardian.com and an increased cost-savings goal of CHF 3.0 billion by 2027swissinfo.chtheguardian.com. Navratil said “the world is changing, and Nestlé needs to change faster,” warning that “hard but necessary” job cuts are comingswissinfo.ch. Analysts cheered the news – Vontobel’s Jean-Philippe Bertschy said the results “should partly restore investors’ trust,” while Bernstein called the earnings “fuel to the turnaround fire”ts2.techreuters.com. Many analysts have raised their Nestlé price targetsts2.tech. Nestlé reaffirmed its 2025 guidancets2.tech, but warned that a strong Swiss franc and new U.S. tariffs could “dampen” profitsts2.tech.
