Kraft Heinz Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:KHC)

Kraft Heinz trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KHC."

Kraft Heinz announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $5.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.07 billion. Kraft Heinz had a negative net margin of 43.40% and a positive return on equity of 6.06%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Kraft Heinz's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $36.0475 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

Media coverage about KHC stock has been trending negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 24,397,100 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the July 31st total of 20,389,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,960,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Kraft Heinz's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kraft Heinz include Lamb Weston (LW), Lancaster Colony (LANC), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Armanino Foods Of Distinction (AMNF), Barfresh Food Group (BRFH) and Future Fintech Group (FTFT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kraft Heinz investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Boeing (BA) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.97%), BlackRock Inc. (3.18%), BlackRock Inc. (3.18%), Invesco Ltd. (1.65%), Northern Trust Corp (0.64%) and American International Group Inc. (0.58%). Company insiders that own Kraft Heinz stock include Damme Alexandre Van, Eduardo Pelleissone, Global Food Holdings Lp 3G, Jorge P Lemann and Mackey J Mcdonald. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Mackenzie Financial Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, SG Americas Securities LLC, AMP Capital Investors Ltd, Westpac Banking Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., RWWM Inc. and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD. Company insiders that have bought Kraft Heinz stock in the last two years include Damme Alexandre Van, Jorge P Lemann and Mackey J Mcdonald. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

Shares of KHC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.14.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $34.33 billion and generates $26.26 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-10,192,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.53 on an earnings per share basis. Kraft Heinz employs 38,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kraft Heinz.

The official website for Kraft Heinz is http://www.kraftheinzcompany.com/.

Kraft Heinz's mailing address is ONE PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA, 15222. The company can be reached via phone at 412-456-5700 or via email at [email protected]