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, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be paid 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 5.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 20th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The company earned $5.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.07 billion. Kraft Heinz had a positive return on equity of 6.06% and a negative net margin of 43.40%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.90 EPS. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

21 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Kraft Heinz's shares. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Kraft Heinz's stock price to reach $36.0475 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.1% 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 trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news 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 sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 24,397,100 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the July 31st total of 20,389,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,960,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares 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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Boeing (BA) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.97%), BlackRock Inc. (3.18%), BlackRock Inc. (3.18%), Invesco Ltd. (1.65%), Northern Trust Corp (0.64%) and American International Group Inc. (0.58%). Company insiders that own Kraft Heinz stock include 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 Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Mackenzie Financial Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, SG Americas Securities LLC, AMP Capital Investors Ltd, Westpac Banking Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraft Heinz.

KHC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., RWWM Inc. and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD. Company insiders that have bought Kraft Heinz stock in the last two years include 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 $28.15.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $34.34 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]