NASDAQ:KHC - Kraft Heinz Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Kraft Heinz announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.04. The business earned $6.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.61 billion. Kraft Heinz had a net margin of 7.75% and a return on equity of 5.93%. Kraft Heinz's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.84 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kraft Heinz's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $34.60. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $30.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

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

News stories about KHC stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,650,000 shares, an increase of 7.6% from the January 15th total of 13,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,698,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), Pfizer (PFE), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.47%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.63%), American International Group Inc. (0.83%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.81%), FMR LLC (0.60%) and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.46%). 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 FMR LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, RWWM Inc., Turim 21 Investimentos Ltda., SG Americas Securities LLC and Calamos Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American International Group Inc., LSV Asset Management, Capital International Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Schroder Investment Management Group and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.. 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 $26.63.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $32.53 billion and generates $24.98 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.94 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.85 on an earnings per share basis. Kraft Heinz employs 37,000 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]