Company Analysis

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)

NYSE: KHC · Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties · Pittsburgh, PA · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade3.8
◀ Past 3.3● Present 3.4▶ Future 4.6

The grade of The Kraft Heinz Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past3.330% of the headline
● Present3.440% of the headline
▶ Future4.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-26.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-08-26); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2019-05-06); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2019-08-08) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $26 billion in fiscal 2016 to $25 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.6%bottom 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.4%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 61% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, The Kraft Heinz Company's diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 61% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $5 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -14%: lost 14¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, The Kraft Heinz Company lost about 14 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 10 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 46% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 13% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 42 in its family; net margin -23.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $25 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of -23.4% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of -2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$24.94Btop 14% of its family
  • net margin-23.4%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.0%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 13% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cahillane, Steven A (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-09, 10 months (bottom 13% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.8 years (bottom 10%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (bottom 15%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 21 peoplebottom 15% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.8 yearsbottom 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 40% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.6 billion against debt of $19 billion leaves -20.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.7% of revenue (top 13%); a gross margin of 33.3% (top 35%); research spending of 0.7% of revenue (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-20.4%bottom 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.7%top 13% of its family
  • gross margin33.3%top 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.7%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2% a year over the last three filed years against -0.6% over all 10, slowing (top 37% of its family); the newest year grew -3.5% (bottom 23%); research spending grew 9.6% a year (top 35%); capital spending grew -4.4% a year (bottom 46%) (its annual reports). The Kraft Heinz Company reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: North America at $19 billion, International at $3.5 billion, Emerging Markets at $2.8 billion. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 75% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.4 points a yeartop 37% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-3.5%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.6%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.4%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 14% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Kraft Heinz Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $25 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.3% below the $26 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 29% of its family); net income of $5.8 billion against a prior three-year average of $2.7 billion (bottom 6%); a net margin of -23.4% against 10.1% before (bottom 6%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.3%bottom 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-320%bottom 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-33.5 pointsbottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton KHC · research, not advice