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

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

Kraft Heinz declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $2.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 15th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $6.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.93 billion. Kraft Heinz had a net margin of 39.56% and a return on equity of 6.62%. The company's revenue was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.90 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Kraft Heinz's stock. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $55.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 57.9% 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 5 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

News articles about KHC stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Kraft Heinz saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,347,026 shares, a decline of 8.9% from the January 15th total of 19,049,752 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,391,365 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company 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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.86%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.70%), American International Group Inc. (0.63%), Northern Trust Corp (0.61%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.50%). Company insiders that own Kraft Heinz stock include Eduardo Pelleissone, Global Food Holdings Lp 3G 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 Raymond James & Associates, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Joseph R. Weiss LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and River Road Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kraft Heinz company stock in the last year include Eduardo Pelleissone and Global Food Holdings Lp 3G. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, American International Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Alps Advisors Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.95.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $42.62 billion and generates $26.23 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $11.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis. Kraft Heinz employs 39,000 workers across the globe.

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]