Kraft says Unilever rejected merger offer

Besides Kraft and Heinz, the Kraft Heinz Co. owns brands like Oscar Mayer, Ore-Ida, Velveeta, Jell-O, Weight Watchers, Grey Poupon, Kool-Aid, Planters, Capri-Sun, and many many more. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.19% of the company’s stock. Bollard Group LLC raised its stake in The Kraft Heinz Company by 815.4% in the third quarter. The stock has a current PEG of 1.27.

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Kraft Heinz’s stock KHC, +10.05% soared $6.55, or 7.5%, in afternoon trade, putting it on course for a record close. “Inevitably, Kraft Heinz will not have led with its best offer and a protracted negotiation probably lies ahead”.

Kraft Heinz is backed by Brazil’s 3G and Warren Buffett. The year-to-date performance of the stock is -0.05%. Analysts had expected The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC) to post net income of about $0.88 per share on $6,736.98M in revenue. Price changes resulting from an earnings surprise can be felt immediately. This is the twentieth consecutive dividend in the Company’s history.

The proposal received was that Unilever common shareholders would receive $50.00 per share in a mix of $30.23 per share in cash payable in US dollars and 0.222 new enlarged entity shares per existing Unilever share, which valued Unilever at a total equity value of approximately $143 billion. The company’s shares were closed at $91.10.

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The target had been unclear, but this shows Kraft Heinz was prepared to shoot the moon with a potentially huge deal. Deutsche Bank AG assumed coverage on The Kraft Heinz Company in a report on Wednesday. They now have a $96.00 price objective on the stock.

Kraft Heinz shares were up more than 7% when the U.S. stock market opened. WestEnd Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of The Kraft Heinz Company during the second quarter valued at approximately $97,332,000. Also, there are 2 buy, 0 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 1.46 average brokerage recommendation. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $99.18.

Investment bankers at independent advisory firms Lazard and Centerview Partners are once again at the negotiating table to discuss a huge deal involving the USA foods major Kraft Heinz. At that point, the combined company could decide what to do with the non-food operations of Unilever.

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