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

Kraft Heinz's stock was trading at $23.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KHC stock has increased by 2.5% and is now trading at $24.24. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $6.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.61 billion. Kraft Heinz had a net margin of 7.75% and a return on equity of 5.93%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.84 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's earnings history.

Kraft Heinz announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Kraft Heinz's dividend history.

17 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Kraft Heinz's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's stock price to reach $28.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kraft Heinz.

Press coverage about KHC stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutKraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 26,153,500 shares, a decline of 8.0% from the February 27th total of 28,430,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,089,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's shares 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), Bank of America (BAC), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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

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

KHC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, American International Group Inc., LSV Asset Management, Capital International Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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 activity 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 $24.24.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $29.61 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]