What Do You Need to Know About Kraft Heinz (KHC) Before Investing?

By Tamara Parker • Sunday, December 01 10:10 • Permanent Link

Kraft Heinz logged a 1.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $31.97 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. KHC's trading volume is 5,874,570 compared to the stock's average volume of 8,150,319.

Kraft Heinz trades -16.84% away from its average analyst target price of $38.45 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $32.0 to $56.9, and on average have given Kraft Heinz a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying KHC should be aware of the facts below:

Kraft Heinz's current price is -30.0% below its Graham number of $45.65, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Kraft Heinz has moved -10.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 32.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.11, Kraft Heinz has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
KHC has a forward P/E ratio of 10.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.07 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.8 compared to its sector average of 3.3
The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally.
Based in Pittsburgh, the company has 36,000 full time employees and a market cap of $38.66 Billion. Kraft Heinz currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.1%.

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