** Shares of Cadbury parent Mondelez International MDLZ.O up 2% at $67.28
** J.P.Morgan raises price target to $74 from $64
** Due to its category and geographic exposure, JPM looks for MDLZ's long-term organic sales growth to outpace that of the average large-cap U.S. packaged food producer
** JPM says that currency is looking like much less of a headwind than when MDLZ issued forecast in February
** 2025 will be a down year, mostly because of factors not related to demand, that is cost inflation - brokerage
** 19 of 29 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 10 "hold"; their median PT is $70, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Up to Thursday's close, stock had risen 10.5% YTD
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City)
((Juby.Babu@thomsonreuters.com;))
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