Kraft foods will outperform
Thursday, February 4th, 2010The company has strong brands and was punished for the cadbury-nonsense. Steady growth and reliable dividends makes this company a good DRIP. I like the fact the stock was lowered because of disappointment with the managment. But the facts remain that Kraft Foods is a strong company with growth and relatively low P/E of 16.75. Income investors should consider adding Kraft Foods to their portfolio.
Kraft foods hasn’t performed well since it’s IPO:

This is one disappointing graph for investors. The stock price is even lower today then it was since its IPO.
But the profit and the dividend of kraft foods has been on a steady rise during this period. The reason why Kraft Foods hasn’t performed well is because the P/E ratio when it first went public was relatively high, the profit growth was already priced in the stock. Looking at historial performance for Kraft Foods can be a very misleading indicator on how the future will be. I think that Kraft Foods will perform way better than the past 10 years. I’m saying this because now it’s trading at a lower P/E than before and Kraft’s profit is still growing. With a divided yield of 4.10% and a yearly dividend growth between 7-10% makes Kraft Foods a good high dividend paying stock with growth potential. My estimate is that Kraft will outperform dow jones and S&P500 for the next ten years.
I have bought Kraft Foods shares for my DRIP portfolio. My plan is to regurarly buy more KFT shares every month, I believe it will be great DRIP stock.