Key Takeaways Kraft Heinz shares fell more than 3% Wednesday as the food giant reported fourth-quarter sales and issued 2025 guidance that missed analysts' estimates.Kraft Heinz blamed "continued shifts in consumer behavior due to economic uncertainty" and a decline in its Lunchables-branded foods for its weak sales.

Conagra's (NYSE: CAG) 5.1% yield is much higher than that, with Kraft Heinz's (NASDAQ: KHC) 5.4% yield higher still. What do Conagra and Kraft Heinz do? While the consumer staples sector includes companies that produce a large range of products,

Altria (NYSE: MO) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) are blue chip consumer staples giants that for a time were parts of the same company. Altria, the domestic tobacco giant formerly known as Philip Morris USA, bought Kraft Foods in the 1980s and owned it until its spin-off in 2007. In 2015, Kraft Foods merged with H.J. Heinz to become Kraft Heinz.

The company said it’s “committed to making the necessary investments to drive top-line improvement, while remaining disciplined.”

This is what you need to keep in the back of your mind as you compare Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) to Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Both companies have seen stock declines over the past year, but one is facing much larger problems than the other.

Kraft Heinz forecast annual profit below estimates on Wednesday, as the packaged food maker contends with sluggish demand for its higher-priced products including Lunchables and packaged meat. The company expects fiscal 2025 adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $2.