Kraft Heinz Co [NASDAQ: KHC] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.40% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -0.17%. The company report on March 6, 2024 at 6:00 AM that Hot Dog! The Kraft Heinz Not Company Launches First-Ever, Plant-Based Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs and Sausages.
The new innovations mark the joint venture’s highly anticipated debut in the plant-based meat category.
Today, The Kraft Heinz Not Company LLC debuted NotHotDogs and NotSausages, the first ever plant-based Oscar Mayer offerings and the first plant-based meat innovation from the joint venture between The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz”) and TheNotCompany, Inc. (“NotCo”). With its mission to create mouthwatering plant-based foods for all, The Kraft Heinz Not Company’s Oscar Mayer NotHotDogs and NotSausages offer the savory and smoky experience that brand fans have known and loved for more than 140 years.
Over the last 12 months, KHC stock dropped by -7.44%. The one-year Kraft Heinz Co stock forecast points to a potential upside of 11.31. The average equity rating for KHC stock is currently 2.10, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $42.43 billion, with 1.22 billion shares outstanding and 1.21 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.20M shares, KHC stock reached a trading volume of 7694145 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Kraft Heinz Co [KHC]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for KHC shares is $39.44 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on KHC stock is a recommendation set at 2.10. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Citigroup have made an estimate for Kraft Heinz Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on February 01, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Evercore ISI raised their target price from $40 to $42. The new note on the price target was released on December 11, 2023, representing the official price target for Kraft Heinz Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $40, while Bernstein analysts kept a Outperform rating on KHC stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Kraft Heinz Co is set at 0.59, with the Price to Sales ratio for KHC stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.59. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.86, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.16. Price to Free Cash Flow for KHC in the course of the last twelve months was 14.32 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.54.
KHC Stock Performance Analysis:
Kraft Heinz Co [KHC] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.17. With this latest performance, KHC shares dropped by -4.09% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 6.13% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -7.44% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for KHC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 41.96, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 41.82, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 43.22 for Kraft Heinz Co [KHC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 36.58, while it was recorded at 34.96 for the last single week of trading, and 35.17 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Kraft Heinz Co Fundamentals:
Kraft Heinz Co’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.54 and a Current Ratio set at 0.99.
KHC Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Kraft Heinz Co posted 0.68/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.6/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 13.30%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for KHC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Kraft Heinz Co go to 4.25%.
Kraft Heinz Co [KHC] Institutonal Ownership Details
The top three institutional holders of KHC stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in KHC stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in KHC stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
