Why Are People Talking About Investing in KHC?

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, June 05 11:31 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Kraft Heinz today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -2.0% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally.
Kraft Heinz has moved -3.6% over the last year compared to 24.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -27.6%
KHC has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.55% away from its mean target price of $39.48 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $2.29
Kraft Heinz has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.2 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.19 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.9
KHC has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.9, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.86 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.59
Kraft Heinz is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.64 and an average P/B of 2.79
Kraft Heinz has on average reported free cash flows of $2.97 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 5.5%

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