In the last trading session, 13.44 million shares of the Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) were traded, and its beta was 0.23. Most recently the company’s share price was $25.79, and it changed around -$0.29 or -1.11% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $30.52B. KHC currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $36.53, offering almost -41.64% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $26.01, which indicates that the current value has fallen by an impressive -0.85% since then. We note from Kraft Heinz Co’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 11.31 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 11.21 million.
Kraft Heinz Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.17. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 2 out of 24 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 16 recommended KHC as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 2 rated it as Underweight.
Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) trade information
Instantly KHC has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.11% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 26.81 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 3.8%. The company’s shares are currently down -16.02% year-to-date, but still down -2.61% over the last five days. On the other hand, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) is -6.18% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 53.06 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 4.79 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $29, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 11.07% from its current value. Analyst projections state that KHC is forecast to be at a low of $29 and a high of $29.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 7.39%. Kraft Heinz Co earnings are expected to increase by -15.30% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -2.93% per year for the next five years.
KHC Dividends
Kraft Heinz Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-28. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 7.75 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.00. It is important to note, however, that the 7.75% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 4.53 per year.
Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 27.82% of Kraft Heinz Co shares, and 59.37% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 82.25%. Kraft Heinz Co stock is held by 1606.0 institutions, with BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 26.8676% of the shares, which is about 325.63 million shares worth $10.49 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.6212% or 92.37 million shares worth $2.98 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
