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NASDAQ:KHC

Kraft Heinz - KHC Competitors

$38.67
+0.28 (+0.73%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$38.58
$38.95
50-Day Range
$37.42
$40.54
52-Week Range
$32.73
$44.87
Volume
4.51 million shs
Average Volume
6.22 million shs
Market Capitalization
$47.45 billion
P/E Ratio
20.25
Dividend Yield
4.14%
Price Target
$42.67

KHC vs. LW, KDP, ABEV, KMB, GIS, HSY, ADM, CTVA, STZ, and SYY

Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Lamb Weston (LW), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Ambev (ABEV), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Corteva (CTVA), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Sysco (SYY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Kraft Heinz vs.

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Lamb Weston. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamb Weston, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lamb Weston$4.51 billion3.27$200.90 million$3.2631.46
Kraft Heinz$26.49 billion1.79$2.36 billion$1.9120.25

Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Lamb Weston pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kraft Heinz pays out 83.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lamb Weston has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Lamb Weston and Lamb Weston both had 11 articles in the media. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.41 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lamb Weston
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kraft Heinz
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.9% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $102.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus target price of $42.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Kraft Heinz's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than Lamb Weston.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Kraft Heinz
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 10.50% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 8.92%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 107.83% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lamb Weston 10.50% 107.83% 11.50%
Kraft Heinz 8.92% 7.03% 3.76%

Kraft Heinz received 300 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.38% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lamb WestonOutperform Votes
318
64.50%
Underperform Votes
175
35.50%
Kraft HeinzOutperform Votes
618
66.38%
Underperform Votes
313
33.62%

Summary

Lamb Weston and Kraft Heinz tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KHC vs. The Competition

MetricKraft HeinzCanned, frozen, & preserved fruits, vegetables, & food special IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$47.37B$8.85B$15.69B$5.92B
Dividend Yield4.19%4.70%2.91%4.51%
P/E Ratio20.2520.3820.9013.34
Price / Sales1.792.62106.1757.79
Price / Cash10.7421.4117.8222.50
Price / Book0.978.665.495.11
Net Income$2.36B$311.71M$691.98M$191.35M
7 Day Performance2.93%0.58%1.66%1.61%
1 Month Performance-0.69%1.84%-3.02%-5.31%
1 Year Performance-1.78%-2.89%-9.25%-18.26%

Kraft Heinz Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LW
Lamb Weston
2.2343 of 5 stars
$102.57
+0.9%
$96.80
-5.6%
+72.0%$14.76B$4.51B31.468,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
2.131 of 5 stars
$35.29
+0.4%
$38.33
+8.6%
-7.8%$49.63B$14.06B34.9428,000Short Interest ↓
ABEV
Ambev
2.7107 of 5 stars
$2.86
+2.9%
N/A-10.1%$45.01B$79.71B15.8952,806Options Volume
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
2.6704 of 5 stars
$132.48
+0.7%
$128.09
-3.3%
+6.8%$44.71B$20.18B23.1644,000
GIS
General Mills
2.4126 of 5 stars
$85.03
+0.3%
$83.88
-1.3%
+25.7%$50.13B$18.99B18.3732,500Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
HSY
Hershey
2.2531 of 5 stars
$252.60
-0.1%
$248.07
-1.8%
+17.6%$51.54B$10.42B31.7319,865Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
2.5393 of 5 stars
$78.99
+0.6%
$104.71
+32.6%
-10.1%$42.92B$101.56B10.2542,001
CTVA
Corteva
2.9128 of 5 stars
$59.94
+3.2%
$72.53
+21.0%
+3.3%$42.71B$17.46B38.1821,000
STZ
Constellation Brands
2.5107 of 5 stars
$223.68
+2.0%
$250.71
+12.1%
-3.5%$41.28B$9.53B639.1010,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SYY
Sysco
2.6799 of 5 stars
$77.39
+1.3%
$88.42
+14.2%
-6.9%$39.28B$68.64B27.9471,000Analyst Report
This page (NASDAQ:KHC) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff