- Prev close
- $24.37
- Day range
- $23.95 – $24.52
Kraft Heinz is flat in a flat-to-lower market, but the broader setup still looks soft: revenue is -1.6% YoY, operating margin is -12.9%, and the company is spending 63% more on Philadelphia to revive the portfolio. That reads as a stock supported by defensive valuation but still burdened by weak fundamentals and execution risk.
KHC
KRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
As of Sep 16, 2026
43/100
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KHC finished unchanged at 0.0% while the S&P 500 fell -0.4% and the Nasdaq 100 was +0.0%, so the session was not explained by the market. Its packaged-food peers were firmer — MDLZ +0.4%, HSY +0.2%, and GIS +0.6% — which points away from a sector selloff and toward a stock-specific lag. The day range, from $24.735 to $24.975 and back to $24.73, was quiet, so the primary cause looks like stock-specific idling rather than broad risk-off pressure.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary low-beta trading, not a fundamental break. The stock has beta 0.13, which is very muted, and the latest operating backdrop is still weak but stable rather than deteriorating sharply: revenue is -1.6% YoY on a TTM basis and -1.4% YoY in the latest quarter, while gross margin is +33.5% against operating margin of -12.9% and net margin of -13.6%. The forward PE is 12.7, which is not demanding, but the business is still losing money at the operating and net line, so valuation is not enough to make the picture fully reassuring. Analyst consensus is also mixed, with 2 strong-positive, 0 positive, 17 neutral, 7 negative, and 2 strong-negative ratings, which fits a name where small price moves are usually driven more by sentiment than by a clean growth re-acceleration.
Earnings setup
The next earnings date is 2026-10-27. No consensus revenue or EPS forecast is provided in the facts, so I cannot give the expected growth numbers for this print. What the market is clearly watching is whether the Philadelphia spending step-up — 63% more this year as part of a $700 million push — is translating into better brand momentum, whether the Oscar Mayer fix is improving core sales, and whether margins can move away from the current -12.9% operating margin and -13.6% net margin. The recent news flow also highlights product testing and line extensions, including Capri Sun and new Philadelphia flavors, which makes portfolio revitalization the main near-term theme.
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