Kraft Heinz Co (KHC)
Market price: $23.86
3 valuation methods
- EV / Gross Profit: $22.13 to $41.07 (midpoint $30.74)
- EV / Revenue: $20.56 to $49.97 (midpoint $37.33)
- P / B: $50.66 to $173.52 (midpoint $82.90)
How each method works
EV / Gross Profit: $22.13 to $41.07 (midpoint $30.74)
Values the business at a peer multiple of gross profit — useful where reported operating costs vary a lot across peers but gross economics are comparable.
- How it’s calculated
- We take last-twelve-month gross profit (revenue minus the direct cost of the goods or services sold), multiply it by the peer range of EV/Gross-Profit multiples, subtract net debt and any minority interests or preferred stock ranking ahead of common shareholders, and divide by shares outstanding.
- Why it fits this industry
- Gross profit sits between revenue and operating earnings: it credits the margin a company's products earn while ignoring overhead and investment choices that legitimately differ across peers.
- Reading this bar
- The bar is the per-share value range this method implies: a conservative low, a central estimate, and an optimistic high. If the current price sits below the bar, the market is pricing the shares below what this method's inputs suggest; if it sits above, the market is pricing them higher. No single bar is a verdict — methods disagree for good reasons, so read the whole field together.
EV / Gross Profit = (5.14/6.37/7.84)× gross_profit 8,309,000,000 ≈ 42,683,928,791.83/52,892,983,635.17/65,140,069,890.70 (enterprise_value); enterprise_value -> per share: equity (26,239,928,791.83/36,448,983,635.17/48,696,069,890.70) / 1,185,823,758 shares [EV bridge: minus net debt 16,320,000,000, minus minority interest & preferred 124,000,000]
EV / Revenue: $20.56 to $49.97 (midpoint $37.33)
Values the whole business at a peer multiple of sales — used when earnings are thin, volatile, or not yet meaningful, so revenue is the most reliable yardstick.
- How it’s calculated
- We multiply the company's last-twelve-month revenue by the range of EV/Revenue multiples its peer group trades at, subtract net debt and any minority interests or preferred stock ranking ahead of common shareholders, and divide by shares outstanding for a per-share range.
- Why it fits this industry
- When profits are thin, volatile, or still to come, revenue is the most dependable figure a company reports — this method values the business on the scale of what it actually sells.
- Reading this bar
- The bar is the per-share value range this method implies: a conservative low, a central estimate, and an optimistic high. If the current price sits below the bar, the market is pricing the shares below what this method's inputs suggest; if it sits above, the market is pricing them higher. No single bar is a verdict — methods disagree for good reasons, so read the whole field together. A pound of revenue is worth more at a high margin than a low one, so the peer group here is narrowed to companies earning a similar margin wherever enough of them exist. Where too few do, the bar falls back to the wider group and is the bluntest of the multiples — weigh it alongside the earnings-based bars.
EV / Revenue = (1.64/2.44/3.04)× revenue 24,900,000,000 ≈ 40,828,733,148.05/60,709,603,750.92/75,695,655,219.27 (enterprise_value); enterprise_value -> per share: equity (24,384,733,148.05/44,265,603,750.92/59,251,655,219.27) / 1,185,823,758 shares [EV bridge: minus net debt 16,320,000,000, minus minority interest & preferred 124,000,000]
P / B: $50.66 to $173.52 (midpoint $82.90)
Values the stock at a peer multiple of its book (net asset) value — most meaningful for asset-heavy and financial companies whose balance sheet drives value.
- How it’s calculated
- We take book value per share (total assets minus total liabilities, from the latest balance sheet, divided by shares outstanding) and multiply it by the range of price-to-book multiples the peer group trades at.
- Why it fits this industry
- Where the balance sheet is the business — lenders, insurers, asset-heavy operators — the price the market pays for a dollar of net assets is a natural yardstick.
- Reading this bar
- The bar is the per-share value range this method implies: a conservative low, a central estimate, and an optimistic high. If the current price sits below the bar, the market is pricing the shares below what this method's inputs suggest; if it sits above, the market is pricing them higher. No single bar is a verdict — methods disagree for good reasons, so read the whole field together. Asset-light companies (brands, software) legitimately trade far above book value, so for them a P/B bar well below the price is usually structure, not signal.
P / B = (1.67/2.73/5.71)× book_value_per_share 30.36 ≈ 50.66/82.90/173.52 (per_share)
3 methods not shown
- EV / EBITDA: EBITDA is non-positive — an EBITDA multiple yields no meaningful enterprise value (loss-making at the EBITDA line)
- P / E: diluted EPS is non-positive — P/E is not meaningful for a loss-making period
- DCF (FCFF): base unlevered FCF is non-positive (-2,946,002,311.40) — nothing to discount; a standard FCFF DCF does not apply
Pre-profit company — earnings-based methods not meaningful.