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Kraft Heinz Company

Exchange: NASDAQSector: Consumer DefensiveIndustry: Packaged Foods

Kraft Heinz Canada’s heritage can be traced back over a century to when James Lewis Kraft of Stevensville, Ontario began selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon in 1903. Heinz Canada was established in 1909 in Leamington, Ontario where its first products were pickles sourced from local growers. Following the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Company, Kraft Heinz Canada became a subsidiary of the newly formed Kraft Heinz Company. Now the country’s second largest food and beverage company, iconic Kraft Heinz Canada products like Kraft Peanut Butter, Heinz Ketchup, KD, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Renée’s Dressing, Jell-O, Classico, Kool-Aid and Maxwell House are found in over 97 percent of Canadian households. Kraft Heinz Canada is driving transformation inspired by Kraft Heinz’s global purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious, by creating memorable community moments through local initiatives such as Kraft Heinz Project Play and Kraft Hockeyville, while also supporting food banks across Canada through Kraft Heinz Project Pantry.

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Carries 8.1x more debt than cash on its balance sheet.

Current Price

$22.49

-0.75%

GoodMoat Value

$34.61

53.9% undervalued
Profile
Valuation (TTM)
Market Cap$26.62B
P/E-4.55
EV$42.65B
P/B0.64
Shares Out1.18B
P/Sales1.07
Revenue$24.94B
EV/EBITDA

Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) Company Profile

GoodMoat Analysis

Based on data as of March 26, 2026

Kraft Heinz is a classic consumer staples giant with a portfolio of iconic food brands, offering a high dividend yield of 7.45% and a high free cash flow yield of 14.4%. However, the company currently faces significant profitability challenges, evidenced by negative margins and a negative P/E, which are major red flags that require investigation.

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Kraft Heinz manufactures and sells a vast portfolio of packaged food and condiment brands, including Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Mayer, and Philadelphia. Its customers are primarily everyday consumers who purchase these products through grocery retailers and foodservice distributors. The company's primary competitive moat, as per Section 1 of the framework, stems from its Brand & Culture (criterion 6). Its household name brands, built over decades, provide significant shelf space and consumer loyalty that are difficult for new entrants to replicate. However, it scores weakly on other moat criteria like Pricing Power (criterion 13), as evidenced by recent revenue decline of -3.4% YoY, suggesting potential challenges in passing on costs. A value investor might be interested due to the high dividend and free cash flow yields, and the GoodMoat Target price suggests a significant potential margin of safety. Yet, the current data triggers several High Confidence Red Flags from Section 5, most notably Margin Compression (flag 2) with an operating margin of -18.7% and a profit margin of -23.4%, and an Extreme Valuation (flag 4) in the form of a negative P/E ratio of -4.36, which indicates the company is currently unprofitable on a GAAP basis. The negative ROE of -14.0% also fails the framework's quality threshold for sustainable high returns. This creates a complex picture where strong brand assets are currently overshadowed by severe operational and profitability headwinds. Analysis based on data as of 2024-05-15.

KHC Company Information

Kraft Heinz Canada’s heritage can be traced back over a century to when James Lewis Kraft of Stevensville, Ontario began selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon in 1903.

Heinz Canada was established in 1909 in Leamington, Ontario where its first products were pickles sourced from local growers. Following the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods Group and H. J.

Heinz Company, Kraft Heinz Canada became a subsidiary of the newly formed Kraft Heinz Company.

Now the country’s second largest food and beverage company, iconic Kraft Heinz Canada products like Kraft Peanut Butter, Heinz Ketchup, KD, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Renée’s Dressing, Jell-O, Classico, Kool-Aid and Maxwell House are found in over 97 percent of Canadian households.

Kraft Heinz Canada is driving transformation inspired by Kraft Heinz’s global purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious, by creating memorable community moments through local initiatives such as Kraft Heinz Project Play and Kraft Hockeyville, while also supporting food banks across Canada through Kraft Heinz Project Pantry.

Sector

Consumer Defensive

Industry

Packaged Foods

Exchange

NASDAQ

Country

Pennsylvania, USA

KHC Key Officers

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KHC Company Profile

Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) is a Consumer Defensive company in the Packaged Foods industry. It trades on NASDAQ. The company is based in Pennsylvania, USA.

Kraft Heinz Canada’s heritage can be traced back over a century to when James Lewis Kraft of Stevensville, Ontario began selling cheese from a horse-drawn wagon in 1903. Heinz Canada was established in 1909 in Leamington, Ontario where its first products were pickles sourced from local growers. Following the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Company, Kraft Heinz Canada became a subsidiary of the newly formed Kraft Heinz Company. Now the country’s second largest food and beverage company, iconic Kraft Heinz Canada products like Kraft Peanut Butter, Heinz Ketchup, KD, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Renée’s Dressing, Jell-O, Classico, Kool-Aid and Maxwell House are found in over 97 percent of Canadian households. Kraft Heinz Canada is driving transformation inspired by Kraft Heinz’s global purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious, by creating memorable community moments through local initiatives such as Kraft Heinz Project Play and Kraft Hockeyville, while also supporting food banks across Canada through Kraft Heinz Project Pantry.

Market cap is $26.62B. There are 1183.7M shares outstanding. Dividend yield is 7.13%.

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