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The Kraft Heinz Co (The Kraft Heinz Co) Free Cash Flow per Share : $2.40 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The Kraft Heinz Co Free Cash Flow per Share?

The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.91. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of The Kraft Heinz Co was 90.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -12.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the FCF Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

KHC' s 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -43.3   Med: -12.1   Max: 56.8
Current: -12.1

During the past 13 years, The Kraft Heinz Co's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 56.80% per year. The lowest was -43.30% per year. And the median was -12.10% per year.

KHC's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate is ranked worse than
63.79% of 1149 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs KHC: -12.10

The Kraft Heinz Co Free Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Kraft Heinz Co Free Cash Flow per Share Chart

The Kraft Heinz Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.28 3.53 3.64 1.26 2.40

The Kraft Heinz Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Free Cash Flow per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 0.18 0.69 0.62 0.91

Competitive Comparison of The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow per Share

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, The Kraft Heinz Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Kraft Heinz Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Kraft Heinz Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Kraft Heinz Co's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



The Kraft Heinz Co Free Cash Flow per Share Calculation

Free Cashflow per Share is the amount of Free Cashflow per outstanding share of the company's stock.

Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company.

Note: GuruFocus does not calculate Free Cash Flow Per Share when Capital Expenditure is 0.

The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(3976+-1013)/1235.000
=2963/1235.000
=2.40

The Kraft Heinz Co's Free Cash Flow Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow Per Share(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Cash Flow from Operations+Capital Expenditure)/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=(1356+-234)/1235.000
=1122/1235.000
=0.91

Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.40

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


The Kraft Heinz Co  (NAS:KHC) Free Cash Flow per Share Explanation

Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.

In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation.

This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 1400:

If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.

The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).

For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.

Therefore, as of Dec23, The Kraft Heinz Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)=Normalized Free Cash Flow/Price+5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
=1.1992381/36.98+-0.0085
=2.39 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.


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The Kraft Heinz Co (The Kraft Heinz Co) Business Description

Address
One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15222
In July 2015, Kraft merged with Heinz to create the third-largest food and beverage manufacturer in North America behind PepsiCo and Nestle and the fifth-largest player in the world. Beyond its namesake brands, the combined firm's portfolio includes Oscar Mayer, Velveeta, and Philadelphia. While the retail channel drives around 85% of its total sales, the firm operates a growing presence in the foodservice arena. Outside North America, Kraft Heinz's global reach counts a distribution network in Europe and emerging markets that drives 20%-25% of its consolidated sales base, as its products are sold in more than 190 countries and territories.
Executives
Lande Rashida La officer: SVP, Global Gen Csl & Corp Sec C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Vince Garlati officer: VP, Global Controller (PAO) C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Humberto P Alfonso director 1085 OCEAN AVENUE, MANTOLOKING NJ 08738
Flavio Torres officer: Head of Global Operations THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, 200 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO IL 60601
Melissa Werneck officer: EVP & Global Chief People Ofcr C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Marcos Eloi officer: Chief Procurement Officer 200 E RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 7600, CHICAGO IL 60601
Diane J Gherson director IBM CORPORATION, ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Miguel Patricio officer: Chief Executive Officer 200 E. RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 7600, CHICAGO IL 60601
Alicia R Knapp director C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
James Park director C/O FITBIT, INC., 405 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Andre Maciel officer: EVP & Global CFO C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Yang Xu officer: SVP, Global Head of Corp Dev C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Kathy Krenger officer: SVP & Global Chief Comm. Ofcr C/O THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY, ONE PPG PLACE, SUITE 3200, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
3g Global Food Holdings Lp 10 percent owner C/O 3G CAPITAL INC., 600 THIRD AVE., 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Bruno Keller officer: Zone President, Canada 200 E. RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 7600, CHICAGO IL 60601

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