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KHC·The Kraft Heinz Company

$25.32
-0.12 (-0.47%)
Pre-Market
High
$25.24
Open
$25.17
Market Cap
29.98B
52W High
$28.09
Low
$24.80
P. Close
$25.32
P/E
-
52W Low
$21.03
Fwd P/E
12.16
DailyIQ Est.
$22.02
Inst. Own.
77.1%
Short Interest
8.09%
Days to Cover
5.9
Div. Yield
6.34%
Next Ex-Div
~Dec 4
NewEarnings release, scored · filed Nov 4, 2026tone -12.1 vs prior release · 94 lines scoredSee the breakdown
Technical Score (1D)
27
BEARISH
News Sentiment
64
BULLISH
On Nov 5, RBC Capital Markets raised its 2026 earnings‑per‑share estimate for Kraft Heinz to $2.10, citing improving sales, market share and volume trends and a projected $500 million net proceeds from the sale of the coffee business earmarked for debt reduction. The same day, the company announced the addition of Kelly Dilts and J. Michael Schlotman to its board of directors, a move intended to support a $600 million transformation plan and accelerate growth. Also on Nov 5, General Mills reported that Kraft Heinz had trimmed its 2026 organic sales outlook to a decline of 0.5 %–1.25 %, a downgrade that followed a sector shift favoring staples over tech stocks. UBS lifted its price target for Kraft Heinz to $26 from $24 while maintaining a neutral rating, reflecting a modest confidence boost in the company’s earnings outlook. Wells Fargo increased its target to $24 from $23, citing improved earnings guidance and a stronger competitive position. Deutsche Bank raised its target to $23 from $22, keeping a hold recommendation and noting that the new target aligns with the consensus estimate of about $24.
LOW TARGET
$19 -23.7%
7 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$25 -0.8%
19 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$41 +64.7%
2 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$19.00 - $41.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
1/1/17/7/2
DAILYIQ EST.
$22.02 (-11.5%)
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Packaged Foods
Exchange
NMS
Country
United States
Symbol
KHC
Description
The Kraft Heinz Company is a global food and beverage giant, primarily focused on the manufacture and distribution of a diverse portfolio of consumer staples. Its core business centers on providing well-known brands across various categories, including condiments, dairy, meals, and beverages, with household names like Kraft, Heinz, and Oscar Mayer. KHC leverages a multi-channel distribution strategy, utilizing its own sales teams, brokers, and distributors to reach a wide array of retail outlets, foodservice providers, and e-commerce platforms. Established in 1869, the company's long-standing presence and extensive brand recognition position it as a significant player in the competitive food industry, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
18,502 shares
$427K
Frost DianaGlbl Chief Growth Officer
Sell18,502 shares2026-06-18
Cox L Kevin-
Award/Grant7,937 shares2026-05-14
POPE JOHN C-
Award/Grant7,937 shares2026-05-14
Sceti Elio Leoni-
Award/Grant3,218 shares2026-05-14
Sceti Elio Leoni-
Award/Grant7,937 shares2026-05-14
43/ 100
Bearish
Overall: Bearish
✕Revenue declining year over year
✕Negative net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Gross Margin
33.3%
Net Margin
-23.4%
Revenue CAGR
8.6%
Current Ratio
1.15x
Debt / Equity
0.46x
Return on Equity
-14.0%

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.39$0.47$0.55$0.63$0.71Q3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$0.49 - -
Q3'26$0.43$0.53+23.8%
Q2'26$0.53$0.56+5.6%
Q1'26$0.51$0.58+14.2%
Q4'25$0.56$0.67+20.0%
Q3'25$0.58$0.61+5.8%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$5.9B$6.0B$6.1B$6.3B$6.4BQ3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$6.3B - -
Q3'26$6.2B$6.1B-0.6%
Q2'26$6.2B$6.3B+1.2%
Q1'26$5.9B$6.0B+1.7%
Q4'25$5.9B$6.4B+7.3%
Q3'25 - $6.2B -

Market Data

KHC Stock Snapshot

BEARISH27/100
$24.89−$0.34 (1.3%)
Market cap
29.98B
Day range
$24.80 – $25.24
News sentiment
64/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$24.69 (-0.8%)
Consensus
Hold · 28 analysts
52-week range+18.4% off low · -11.4% from high
$21.03$28.09
Price $24.89 DailyIQ Est. $22.02

The Kraft Heinz Company is trading in the middle of its 52-week range with momentum still pointing lower. Sector peers are worth watching - large caps in Consumer Defensive tend to move together on rotation.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into KHC?

CHEAP

At today's price, The Kraft Heinz Company needs to grow free cash flow about -11.0% a year for 3 years, slowing to a long-run rate by year 10, to justify its valuation at a 6.00% cost of capital. Over the last five years its revenue has trended at -1.1% a year, so the market is asking for 9.9 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis KHC looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-11.0%
Growth trend
-1.1%
Growth gap
-9.9 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
6.00%
Beta
0.48

Behaviour On Record

What KHC's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
32.2% 87th pct
Below its peak
-73.1%
vs 200-day average
+8.2%
Up days (1y)
52%

The Kraft Heinz Company is currently running 32.2% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against KHC's own 11 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 87th percentile — elevated for this stock, against a typical reading of 21.0%.

KHC is trading -73.1% below its running peak. Across 11 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -26.2%, and the deepest was -48.3% in 2019. The current drawdown is already deeper than this stock's typical annual low point, which puts it in the part of its range where past recoveries began, and where past declines also continued.

Price sits +8.2% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 87th percentile — a wider gap than this stock usually carries. Over the past year KHC closed higher on 52% of sessions, and it is currently 2 sessions into a rising streak.

On November specifically: over 11 years of records, KHC finished the month higher 5 of 11 times, with a median return of -1.9% and an average of -0.6%. Its strongest month historically has been April at +2.8% on average, its weakest August at -4.2%.

Overnight risk is measurable too: KHC has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 29 of 2,852 sessions (1.0% of the time), with the largest gaps running +6.8% and -5.6%.

Across the last 4 dated reports on file, KHC moved an average of 2.3% in the session after earnings, closing higher 2 of those 4 times, with a median move of -0.4% and a largest of -3.7%.

All figures computed from 2,853 daily closes between 2015-07-06 and 2026-11-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against KHC's own 11-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of KHC's sector?

The Kraft Heinz Company sits in the Consumer Staples sector, currently ranked 1st of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (leading).

Sector rank
#1 of 12
Sector state
Leading
Sector rotation score
100

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for KHC?

CallsPuts

For The Kraft Heinz Company's nearest expiry (2026-11-06, 0 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.23), with at-the-money implied volatility around 6.3%.

Put/call ratio (2026-11-06)
0.23
ATM implied volatility
6.3%
Total open interest
41,257

Analyst Consensus Estimates

What do analysts expect KHC to earn?

Analysts expect The Kraft Heinz Company to earn $2.05 per share in the fiscal year ending Dec 2026 and $2.54 in the fiscal year ending Dec 2029, from 2 estimates. These are analyst forecasts, not company guidance, and later years rest on fewer analysts.

Quarter endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Sep 2026$0.42$0.41 to $0.4416$6.09B13
Dec 2026$0.49$0.46 to $0.5215$6.27B13
Mar 2027$0.53$0.50 to $0.586~$6.17B-
Jun 2027$0.56$0.53 to $0.626~$6.52B-
Sep 2027$0.47$0.45 to $0.506~$5.47B-
Fiscal year endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Dec 2026$2.05$2.03 to $2.0820$24.63B18
Dec 2027$2.08$1.97 to $2.4320$24.67B18
Dec 2028$2.29$2.14 to $2.714~$26.65B-
Dec 2029$2.54$2.19 to $2.882~$29.56B-

Revenue marked ~ is our calculation from the EPS estimate, not analyst consensus.

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on KHC?

JP Morgan most recently reiterated its rating on The Kraft Heinz Company to Underweight on Oct 20, 2026 with a price target of $23 (from $24). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
JP Morgan: Underweight
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 20, 2026JP MorganMaintainedUnderweight$24 → $23
Oct 16, 2026BarclaysMaintainedEqual-Weight$26 → $25
Oct 5, 2026Wells FargoMaintainedEqual-Weight$25 → $23
Sep 24, 2026RBC CapitalReiteratedOutperform$32
Sep 22, 2026TD CowenReiteratedHold$22
Sep 17, 2026RBC CapitalInitiatedOutperform$32
Sep 14, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedIn-Line$24 → $23
Aug 7, 2026BarclaysMaintainedEqual-Weight$25 → $26
Aug 6, 2026TD CowenMaintainedHold$20 → $22
Aug 6, 2026UBSMaintainedNeutral$25 → $27
Aug 6, 2026Piper SandlerMaintainedNeutral$24 → $25
Aug 6, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedIn-Line$23 → $24

Earnings Release, Scored

What did The Kraft Heinz Company's latest earnings release say?

Filed Nov 4, 2026 · SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99

Tone39.0/ 100-12.1 vs prior release
Hedging words0.98per 100 words-0.58 vs prior release
Tone, last 3 releasesScale 34–61

Most important lines

  1. 1

    (a) Includes non-cash amortization of definite-lived intangible assets, which accounted for a negative impact to Adjusted EPS from results of operations of $0.04 for the three months ended September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2025.

    New this quarterNegative tone
  2. 2

    (a) Includes non-cash amortization of definite-lived intangible assets, which accounted for a negative impact to Adjusted EPS from results of operations of $0.12 for the nine months ended September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2025.

    New this quarterNegative tone
  3. 3

    “Our 2026 operating plan to turn around the U.S. business and accelerate growth internationally is on track,” said Steve Cahillane, CEO of Kraft Heinz.

    New this quarter

Peers & ETF holders

KHC peers & ETF holders

News & sentiment

What is the news saying about KHC?

KHC rose 13.3% over the month to Nov 6. News tone held between 0 and 89 from Oct 6 to Oct 26, then jumped to 48 on Oct 27.

Daily close and news tone, Oct 6 to Nov 6
$22$24Oct 6: tone 89Oct 7: tone 71Oct 8: tone 36Oct 9: tone 61Oct 12: tone 58Oct 13Oct 14: tone 41Oct 15: tone 32Oct 16: tone 27Oct 19: tone 35Oct 20: tone 60Oct 21Oct 22: tone 59Oct 23: tone 36Oct 26: tone 0Oct 27: tone 49Oct 28: tone 15Oct 29: tone 18Oct 30: tone 48Nov 2: tone 24Nov 3Nov 4: tone 59Nov 5: tone 66Nov 6Oct 6News toneNov 6123
  1. Oct 22 +6.7%same day: Kraft Heinz (KHC) vs. GIS and CAG: Can Strong Cash Generation and Debt Paydown Revive a Forgotten Consumer Staples Stock?
  2. Nov 2 +2.3%same day: Curious about Kraft Heinz (KHC) Q3 Performance? Explore Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
  3. Nov 4 +3.8%same day: Kraft Heinz Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results; Updates 2026 Full Year Outlook

Technical analysis

How strong is KHC's momentum right now?

On the daily chart KHC ranks at the 27th percentile for momentum against 1,060 stocks and ETFs, a bearish reading.

Momentum rank by timeframe0 = weakest, 100 = strongest
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Institutional ownership

Are big funds buying or selling KHC?

112 of the 200 tracked managers added to KHC in their latest 13F and 82 trimmed. Together they own 77.1% of the company, worth $21.9B. Berkshire Hathaway and BlackRock alone hold 33.4%.

112adding82trimming6unchanged
Largest holders by stake, latest 13FBar = share of KHC
  1. $7.7B positionUnchanged last quarter
  2. $1.8B positionAdded 1.4% last quarter
  3. $1.3B positionAdded 0.7% last quarter
  4. $1.2B positionAdded 95.8% last quarter
  5. $1.1B positionTrimmed 0.2% last quarter
  6. $962.6M positionAdded 0.8% last quarter
  7. $731.3M positionAdded 2.1% last quarter
  8. $448.2M positionAdded 147.7% last quarter
  9. $412.0M positionTrimmed 24.0% last quarter
  10. $399.2M positionAdded 8.3% last quarter
Full holdings history

Congressional trading

Is Congress trading KHC?

9 members of Congress disclosed 15 KHC trades between Jul 6, 2015 and May 21, 2026: 6 buys, 8 sells and 1 exchange, about $279.0K in estimated value.

BuysSells2020202220242026
BuySell$1K–$15K$15K–$50K$50K–$100K$100K–$250K

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How has KHC done against its peers?

Over the six months to Nov 6, KHC returned +7.2%. Of the 15 related stocks and ETFs, 4 did better, led by KO at +18.5%.

Change since May 6, through Nov 6
−40%−20%0%+20%+40%May 6JunJulAugSepOctNov 6KO +18.5%KHC +7.2%TSN −13.0%