In the latest trading session,, 2.49 million Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.22. With the company’s most recent per share price at $25.66 changing hands around $0.05 or 0.18% at last look, the market valuation stands at $30.36B. KHC’s current price is a discount, trading about -42.36% off its 52-week high of $36.53. The share price had its 52-week low at $25.44, which suggests the last value was 0.86% up since then. When we look at Kraft Heinz Co’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 17.34 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 12.04 million.
Analysts gave the Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 3.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 14 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 4 recommended KHC as a Hold, 10 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Kraft Heinz Co’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.64.
Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) trade information
Instantly KHC is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action -1.02%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -20.62%, with the 5-day performance at -1.02% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) is -5.05% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 47.22 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.99 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 29, meaning bulls need an upside of 11.52% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, KHC’s forecast low is 29 with 29 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -13.02% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -13.02% for it to hit the projected low.
Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -3.30% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 12 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 6.26B. 12 analysts are of the opinion that Kraft Heinz Co’s revenue for the current quarter will be 6.2B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 6.48B and 6.38B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -3.29%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -2.83%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 7.39%. The 2025 estimates are for Kraft Heinz Co earnings to decrease by -15.36%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -3.09% per year.
KHC Dividends
Kraft Heinz Co is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-29. The 6.24% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.60. It is important to note, however, that the 6.24% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 4.53 per year.
Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 27.82% of Kraft Heinz Co shares while 59.38% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 82.27%. There are 59.38% institutions holding the Kraft Heinz Co stock share, with BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 26.8676% of the shares, roughly 325.63 million KHC shares worth $10.49 billion.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.6212% or 92.37 million shares worth $2.98 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 . With 26.36 shares estimated at $677.69 million under it, the former controlled 2.23% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 held about 2.06% of the shares, roughly 24.36 shares worth around $626.23 million.
