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

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

Kraft Heinz declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be given 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 5.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The firm earned $5.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 posted $0.90 EPS. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

21 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Kraft Heinz's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $36.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.7% 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 stories about KHC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 19,100,000 shares, a decrease of 13.9% from the August 30th total of 22,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's 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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC) and Pfizer (PFE).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.44%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.08%), Country Trust Bank (0.05%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Greylin Investment Mangement Inc. (0.04%) and Sicart Associates LLC (0.04%). 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 Greylin Investment Mangement Inc., Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Park National Corp OH and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Centre Asset Management LLC, Country Trust Bank, Sicart Associates LLC, RK Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. 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 $27.79.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $33.90 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]