The Kraft Heinz Company KHC

What the company does

The Kraft Heinz Company is a large-cap company in the Consumer Defensive sector (Packaged Foods), with a market value of $29.4B, based in the USA.

It employs about 35,000 people and has been listed since Jul 06, 2015.

The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally. Its products include condiments, sauces, dressings, and spreads; cheese, frozen potato products, and other frozen meals; meal kits, frozen snacks, and pickles; dry packaged desserts, refrigerated ready to eat desserts, and other dessert toppings; ready to drink and powdered beverages, and liquid concentrates; American sliced and recipe cheeses; mainstream coffee, coffee pods, and premium coffee; and cold cuts, bacon, and hot dogs. It offers its products under the Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Ore-Ida, Capri Sun, Maxwell House, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, ABC, Master, Quero, Golden Circle, Wattie's, Pudliszki, and Plasmon brands, as well as Bagel Bites, Claussen, A1, and Cool Whip.

Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap

The company is loss-making, so it has no P/E — we compare on price-to-sales instead.

Its price-to-sales (P/S) is 1.2 versus 2.3 for the median of the Consumer Defensive sector in our universe (14 companies) — relatively cheap.

Revenue is shrinking 1% versus the same quarter last year.

The average analyst price target is 24.69, 0% below the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 61% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • The company is loss-making.
• • 11% of the float is sold short — part of the market is betting on a decline.
• • Quarterly report in 10 days (2026-11-04) — a day the stock can move a lot.
• • More analysts rate it sell (4) than buy (2).

Strengths

• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Pays a dividend (6.4% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 4.7% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLP +0.7%).

This week's news

• Kraft Heinz (KHC): buy, sell, or hold post Q2 earnings? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Kraft Heinz (KHC): buy, sell, or hold post Q2 earnings? Kraft Heinz trades at $25.01 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, gaining 13.8% over the last six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 has returned 9.1%. Is there a buying opportunity in Kraft Heinz, or does it present a risk to your… source ↗

• How Soup Launch In Canada At Kraft Heinz (KHC) Has Changed Its Investment Story finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Kraft Heinz has entered Canada's ready to eat soup category with the HEINZ Soup Collection, a six flavour bagged range positioned as a convenient alternative to canned soup for the country's large base of soup buyers. The move into a new format and category comes as Kraft Heinz focuses on cash generation to fund… source ↗

• Kraft Heinz (KHC) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investors finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Kraft Heinz (KHC) closed the most recent trading day at $24.80, moving -1.16% from the previous trading session. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.52% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 1.24%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 0.21%. The processed… source ↗

• Kraft Heinz (KHC) vs. GIS and CAG: Can Strong Cash Generation and Debt Paydown Revive a Forgotten Consumer Staples Stock? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Is KHC a good stock to buy? We came across a bullish thesis on The Kraft Heinz Company on Astute Optics - US's Substack. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on KHC. The Kraft Heinz Company's share was trading at $23.50 as of October 21st 2026. KHC's forward P/E was 11.15 according to Yahoo Finance.… source ↗

• Can Campbell's Digital Marketing Strategy Fuel Everyday Meal Sales? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-20
  What the article says

  The Campbell's Company CPB is sharpening its focus on digital and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled marketing to expand consumer engagement and capture more everyday cooking occasions. The company is adapting marketing and recipe strategies across social, digital and emerging AI-enabled platforms, aiming to… source ↗

• Kraft Heinz (KHC) Stock Sees Modest Fair Value Cut As Analyst Targets Cluster Low finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-18
  What the article says

  The latest update for Kraft Heinz includes a small shift in modeled fair value, which has edged down from US$25.47 to US$24.81. That change lines up with a broader analyst pattern, where most price targets sit in the low to low mid US$20s and only one outlier reaches US$32 based on expectations for business changes… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.

• The price rose 4.7% since the last summary.