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MetricKHCKraft Heinz CoMDLZMondelez International, Inc.HSYHERSHEY COTSNTYSON FOODS, INC.Median of the restexcluding KHC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$23.50▼ 0.33 (1.38%)
$65.19▲ 2.45 (3.91%)
$167.81▼ 1.77 (1.04%)
$55.90▲ 0.52 (0.94%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/107.0/108.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$27.82B$84.32B$34.04B$19.96B
Revenue$24.94B$38.54B$11.69B$54.44B
Profit-$5.85B$2.45B$883.3M$474.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-3.5%5.8%4.4%2.1%4.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.33.3%28.4%33.5%6.5%28.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-18.7%9.2%12.3%2.0%9.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-23.4%6.4%7.6%0.9%6.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.14.7%8.4%15.6%2.2%8.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-14.0%9.5%19.0%2.6%9.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-6.1%6.6%12.2%2.6%6.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—34.40x38.54x42.10x38.54x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—23.19x19.54x11.26x19.54x
Price to book0.67x3.26x7.34x1.10x3.26x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.96x1.76x1.96x1.03x1.76x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/95/95/96/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressgreysafesafe

How KHC compares with the others

  • KHC's operating margin of -18.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -3.5% against 4.4%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.0x against 1.8x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.