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 Friday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 16th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August, 3rd. The company reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.08. The business earned $6.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.57 billion. Kraft Heinz had a return on equity of 6.16% and a net margin of 40.85%. Kraft Heinz's revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.98 EPS. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

18 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Kraft Heinz's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $74.6250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 30,256,970 shares, a drop of 10.2% from the July 13th total of 33,710,707 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,957,878 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days. Approximately 3.2% 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).

Media coverage about KHC stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 44.70 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Kraft Heinz.

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (2.87%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.76%), Morgan Stanley (0.96%), FMR LLC (0.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.57%) and American International Group Inc. (0.48%). 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 Morgan Stanley, United Services Automobile Association, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Putnam Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., American International Group Inc. and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. 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 Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Federated Investors Inc. PA, FMR LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, OLD Republic International Corp and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 $61.02.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $72.73 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.

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]