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

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

Kraft Heinz announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $6.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.93 billion. Kraft Heinz had a positive return on equity of 6.52% and a negative net margin of 38.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.90 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

Kraft Heinz is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraft Heinz.

19 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Kraft Heinz's shares. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect Kraft Heinz's share price to reach $55.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 57.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

News headlines about KHC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Kraft Heinz saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,347,026 shares, a decline of 8.9% from the January 15th total of 19,049,752 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,391,365 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.8% 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), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Bank of America (BAC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Kraft Heinz's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (3.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.86%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.70%), American International Group Inc. (0.63%), Northern Trust Corp (0.61%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.50%). 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 Raymond James & Associates, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Joseph R. Weiss LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and River Road Asset Management LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, American International Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Alps Advisors Inc.. 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 $34.95.

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $42.62 billion and generates $26.26 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $11.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.53 on an earnings per share basis. Kraft Heinz employs 39,000 workers across the globe.

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]