Things To Consider Before You Buy Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC)

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -0.25% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $28.55.

Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $28.62, falling within a range of $28.08 and $28.66. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 0.475 whereas the PE ratio is 12.64 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $38.96, and the low was $27.25. On the whole, KHC has fluctuated by -0.56% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Kraft Heinz Co currently standing at about $34.52 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.60, with its dividend yield at 5.60%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 25.31B, with a low estimate of 5.93B and a high estimate of 6.22B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 6.06B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that KHC’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of KHC currently trading nearly -2.46% and -4.91% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 41.20, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.68% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.04%. Furthermore, Kraft Heinz Co (KHC)’s beta value is 0.39, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.72.

A comparison of Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. KHC showed an intraday change of -0.25% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it shrunk by -21.49%%.

Data on historical trading for Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 11.03 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 10.45 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 1.21 billion shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.39% of Kraft Heinz Co’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 83.39% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 36.38 million shares as on 2025-01-31, resulting in a short ratio of 4.1. According to the data, the short interest in Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) stood at 413.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-01-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-12-31 reached 37.66 million. The stock has fallen by -7.04% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the KHC stock heading into the next quarter.

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