Kraft Heinz (KHC) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)
Kraft Heinz's Operating Margin was 14.31% in Q3 2026, down 2.13 percentage points from 16.43% a year earlier but up 117.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kraft Heinz (KHC) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Kraft Heinz's Operating Margin was -13.43% through Sep 26, 2026, up 9.59 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -18.72%, down 25.23 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -26.85 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Margin was 6.51% in FY2024 (-10.65 pp), 17.16% in FY2023 (+3.44 pp), 13.72% in FY2022 (+0.43 pp) and 13.29% in FY2021 (+5.16 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between -125.54% (Q2 2025) and 20.47% (Q2 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -12.27 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q2 2026 (a gain of 22.84 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2025 (a drop of 133.60 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, KHC's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -102.70% (Q2 2026), 18.94% (Q1 2026) and 17.06% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.56 Bn | 96.02 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.86 Bn | 76.87 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 17.64% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.38 Bn | 31.11 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 24.96% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.62 Bn | 16.27 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 14.31% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.33 Bn | 15.98 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 14.43% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.08 Bn | 13.86 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 23.05% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.60 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 10.72% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.11 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.75% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.02 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 2.76% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.75 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 4.92% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | 14.31% |
| Jun 27, 2026 | -102.70% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 18.94% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 17.06% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 16.43% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -125.54% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.94% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -0.61% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -1.58% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 8.06% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 20.31% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 18.95% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.94% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 20.47% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 19.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.61% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 11.54% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 8.27% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 18.44% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | -0.30% |
API Access
Kraft Heinz Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "KHC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();