Kraft Heinz Income Exceeds Expected EPS

Kraft Heinz Co came out with the reports of its quarterly earnings that have surprisingly exceeded the estimated revenue by the experts.

After the revenue exceeded the Wall Street's estimate it hiked the shares of the maker of Oscar Mayer hot dogs, Jell-O and Heinz ketchup by 3% after the reports came.

The Kraft Heinz Company is the merger of Kraft foods and Heinz that was established on July 2, 2015. Additionally, 3G capital and Berkshire Hathaway backed up joint company.

The Kraft Heinz Company has  13 different products under it after the merging and is the largest food and beverage chain globally.

The headquarters are present in dual locations of Pittsburgh and Chicago, the former headquarters of Heinz and Kraft respectively.

Additionally, the royal legendary investor, Warren Buffet is one of the largest financer of the merged company and is also one of the largest share holders.

As per the quarter that ended by January 3, 2016, out of the net income, $285 million is of the common shareholders or in the other way it can be said 23 cents per share.

This is a surprising hike when compared to last year's loss of $17 million, or per share rate of 4 cents, according to reports from CNBC.

The company announced the preformed net earnings as 62 cents per share which was higher than the estimate by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S who made the estimate as only 58-cent per share.

Even the net earnings hiked the net sales was down. It fell up to 5 % down than the previous year from the amount of $7.1 million.

In the long run of the trade after the merger of the company, Kraft Heinz shares went up to $77.25 from $2.29. This is further an insight for the positive growth of the company.

Thus, it is yet to be seen if Kraft & Heinz can live up to their own business expectations for this year.

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