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

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

Kraft Heinz declared 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 dividend yield of 6.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.04. The firm earned $6.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.61 billion. Kraft Heinz had a return on equity of 5.93% and a net margin of 7.75%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kraft Heinz's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $29.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 13 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

Headlines about KHC stock have trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media 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 the month of 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 trading volume of 6,698,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the 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), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $24.28.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $29.66 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]