Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
The Kraft Heinz Company KHC
$22.19 -1.20% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $26.31B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -13.0% from -27.3% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 9 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +8.4%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $24.90B, down 1.6% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 50%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 11%
- Gross marginBottom 48%
- Operating marginBottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Interest coverBottom 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 11%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 32%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 10%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 15%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.7% | -1.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 32.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -27.3% | -13.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.8% | 15.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.6% | -1.7% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 34.3% | ↓ | Bottom 48% |
| Operating margin | -13.0% | -27.3% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Net margin | -13.6% | -20.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.3% | 13.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.6% | — | Bottom 11% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.0% | — | Bottom 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -4.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 7.21%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.55%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.66%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 9
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $23.78
- Target vs current price
- +7.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 35
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 11%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +3.5% | -3.4% | -7.5% | -2.9% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +15.8% | +2.4% | +3.7% | +1.0% | +14.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +9.8% | +0.4% | -3.8% | -7.1% | -5.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +4.6% | -4.5% | -5.3% | -0.3% | -7.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +8.3% | -0.2% | -5.3% | -3.0% | -10.2% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +3.2% | +0.2% | -0.8% | -6.9% | -0.1% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +7.7% | -3.2% | +0.7% | +2.4% | -3.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +0.9% | -3.1% | -3.7% | -8.1% | -15.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.54 | +3.5% | $6.26B |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.58 | $0.50 | +15.8% | $6.05B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.67 | $0.61 | +9.8% | $6.35B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.58 | +4.6% | $6.24B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.64 | +8.3% | $6.35B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.60 | +3.2% | $6.00B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.84 | $0.78 | +7.7% | $6.58B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.74 | +0.9% | $6.38B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 10.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.72× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.50% | — | — | Top 11% |
| Earnings yield | -12.89% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.9× – 46.1× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.3%
- RSI (14)
- 23.9
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 87th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.25
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2021 | Mar 23, 2026 | -52.4% | 1212 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $26.31B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.86
- Revenue (TTM)
- $24.90B
- Dividend yield
- 7.21%
- 52-week range
- $21.04 – $28.09
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.04B | $26.48B | $26.64B | $25.85B | $24.94B |
| Gross profit | $8.68B | $8.12B | $8.93B | $8.97B | $8.31B |
| Operating income | $3.46B | $3.63B | $4.57B | $1.68B | -$4.67B |
| Net income | $1.01B | $2.36B | $2.85B | $2.74B | -$5.85B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.82 | $1.91 | $2.31 | $2.26 | -$4.93 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.38B | $6.58B | $6.00B | $6.35B | $6.24B | $6.35B | $6.05B | $6.26B |
| Net income | -$290.0M | $2.13B | $712.0M | -$7.82B | $615.0M | $651.0M | $798.0M | -$5.46B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.24 | $1.76 | $0.60 | -$6.57 | $0.52 | $0.55 | $0.67 | -$4.60 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $5.36B | $2.47B | $3.98B | $4.18B | $4.46B |
| Capital expenditure | -$905.0M | -$916.0M | -$1.01B | -$1.02B | -$801.0M |
| Free cash flow | $4.46B | $1.55B | $2.96B | $3.16B | $3.66B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.96B | -$1.96B | -$1.97B | -$1.93B | -$1.90B |
| Net share buybacks | -$271.0M | -$280.0M | -$455.0M | -$988.0M | -$436.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.68B
- Total assets
- $73.06B
- Total liabilities
- $36.94B
- Total debt
- $19.00B
- Net debt
- $16.58B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $36.01B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.40 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $0.40 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.40 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.40 | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.40 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.40 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.40 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.40 | Dec 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 94,258,747
- Days to cover
- 3.12
- Change vs previous report
- -4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.