KHC - The Kraft Heinz Company
The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Its products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy products, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products. The company also offers dressings, healthy snacks, and other categories; and spices and other seasonings.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $23.02, ATM IV 29.1%, max pain $22.50, net GEX $6.5M.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market Cap
- $27.49B
- Beta
- 0.05
- 52-Week Range
- 21.035-29.19
- Dividend Yield
- $1.60
- CEO
- Steven A. Cahillane
- Employees
- 36,000
- IPO Date
- Jul 6, 2015
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What KHC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 76.9% signals elevated pricing relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling structures (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls); positive net gamma exposure ($6.5M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.077) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The KHC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked KHC overview questions
- What is KHC?
- KHC is the ticker symbol for The Kraft Heinz Company, a listed security. The Kraft Heinz Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Its products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy products, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products. Listed on NASDAQ. KHC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the KHC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the KHC options snapshot shows spot at $23.02, ATM IV 29.1%, IV rank 76.9%, max pain $22.50, net GEX $6.5M, expected move 8.34%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are KHC's key statistics?
- The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) carries a market capitalization of $27.49B, beta of 0.05 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 21.035-29.19. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does KHC belong to?
- The Kraft Heinz Company operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Packaged Foods industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare KHC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the KHC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).