What Lotus Bakeries Buyers Were Betting On

New concrete poured at Lotus Bakeries’ Lembeke site for another Biscoff production hall captured how fast management was willing to build for demand. Investors who held Lotus Bakeries over the past year are up 63.9%, including dividends. If you had been deciding back in October 2025 whether to buy, you would have needed a view. Were expanding plants and the Mondelez partnership enough to justify paying up before this surge showed up on your screen?

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The Argument You Would Have Had To Settle On Lotus Bakeries

The shares cost €7,840 at the start of the period, and anyone looking at Lotus Bakeries then had to choose which story to believe about where the business might be heading.

On the upbeat side, the bull Narrative pointed to a Fair Value of €9,636 as the price those assumptions implied, built on the Mondelez partnership and a new Thailand facility that analysts thought could support 10.2% annual revenue growth.

The bear Narrative argued for a Fair Value of €6,731, based on concerns that tighter health regulation and consumer shifts away from sugary snacks could squeeze Biscoff and limit long term profitability.

What The Results Changed For The Lotus Bakeries Thesis

The biggest new fact was Lotus Bakeries’ plan to invest at least €500 million in extra Biscoff capacity across Belgium, Thailand and the US. This directly echoed the bullish view that production limits, not ambition, would cap the brand. At the same time, H1 2026 revenue rose to €749.093 million and net income reached €98.08 million, with net margin at 13.1%, which supported the optimistic case.

The useful takeaway is simple. When a story hinges on volume and efficiency, keep checking whether capacity plans, regional build outs and reported net margin actually track the original growth assumptions.

What Lotus Bakeries’ Price Already Assumes

Lotus Bakeries now trades at €12,660 after a 63.9% gain over the past year. The selected cautious Narrative places its Fair Value below that level, arguing that the current tag already bakes in demanding expectations about future economics.

The key idea is simple. You would need to judge whether heavy Biscoff capacity spending today can support margins and cash flows far beyond the next few years.

"Most of the value lies beyond year five. No peer value is shown: none of the three companies we examined runs a business close enough to Lotus Bakeries’ for its multiple to apply."

One Narrative disagrees with today's price. → See where this Narrative says Lotus Bakeries should trade

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