Currently, there are 1.19B common shares owned by the public and among those 1.19B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 1.24% and -8.75% over the past three months. KHC shares are trading -4.53% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -14.17% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $27.25 and touched a high of $38.96 over the same period. KHC has an average intraday trading volume of 10.54 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 0.06%, -2.07%, and -11.57% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC) shares accounts for 83.50% of the company’s 1.19B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $35.04B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.39. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 12.98, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.26. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 3.74% over the week and 2.25% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) will achieve an EPS of 0.61 for the current quarter, 0.7 for the next quarter and 2.87 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 0.58 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 0.58. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 0.69 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -11.06%, and 4.19% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of -1.17% over the next five years, compared to 7.41% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the KHC, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Citigroup stated their Neutral rating for the stock in a research note on February 13, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $34-$28. BofA Securities coverage for the Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) stock in a research note released on February 13, 2025 offered a Underperform rating with a price target of $30. Mizuho was of a view on February 10, 2025 that the stock is Neutral, while Evercore ISI gave the stock In-line rating on January 07, 2025, issuing a price target of $38- $35. Piper Sandler on their part issued Neutral rating on November 19, 2024.
