Earn healthy returns with Mondelez

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Mondelez is approaching the ninth anniversary of its October 2012 split from Kraft Foods Group. The breakup let Mondelez focus on its faster-growing snack foods business, particularly in developing countries. The stock is now up around 120% since the split, and we feel it still has plenty of growth ahead. The company’s current cost-control plan will help it cope with rising ingredient and transportation costs. It also continues to add more-healthful, premium-priced foods to its portfolio. Those products are becoming increasingly important as aging baby boomers eat fewer snacks. Mondelez also owns a significant stake in beverage maker Keurig Dr Pepper as well as European coffee seller JDE Peet’s. Selling or spinning off those holdings would unlock even more value for investors. MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC. $62 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol MDLZ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $86.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mondelezinternational.com) makes cookies and…