The Kraft Heinz Company KHC
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
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 $26.3B, 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 1.1 versus 2.1 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 25.47, 15% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 25% 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.
- • More analysts rate it sell (4) than buy (2).
Strengths
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (7.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 6.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLP -1.9%).
This week's news
- Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek on his legacy being erased by Iger finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Kraft Heinz (KHC) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investors finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- Lunchables Fires Up National Pizza Month With the First-Ever Lunchables Pizza Grill finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- 3 Defensive US Stocks For Higher Inflation and Rate Pressure finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- Reflecting On Shelf-Stable Food Stocks’ Q2 Earnings: Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
- Can New Flavors Actually Fix What’s Wrong at Kraft Heinz (KHC)? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.