Conagra Brands (CAG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Conagra Brands, Inc. is a packaged food company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company develops, produces and markets branded food products sold through grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, foodservice operators and e-commerce channels.

Its portfolio includes frozen, refrigerated, grocery and snack products. Well-known brands include Birds Eye, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender’s, Banquet, Duncan Hines, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, Hunt’s, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher’s, Vlasic, PAM and Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP. Products range from frozen meals and vegetables to snacks, desserts, sauces, canned foods and cooking sprays.

Conagra traces its roots to 1919, when Nebraska Consolidated Mills was founded. The company adopted the ConAgra name in 1971 and later expanded through acquisitions and brand development, including the 2013 acquisition of Ralcorp and the 2018 separation of its Lamb Weston frozen potato business. Conagra primarily serves consumers in the United States and also markets products internationally.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.06 to $13.50
• 50-Day Range: $13.20 to $16.65
• 52-Week Range: $12.53 to $20.32
• Volume: 19.87 million shs
• Average Volume: 13.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.39 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.23%
• Price Target: $14.07
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Conagra Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Conagra Brands scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 71st out of 167 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Conagra Brands has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.78, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 12 hold ratings, and 5 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Conagra Brands is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Conagra Brands has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Conagra Brands are expected to grow by 6.85% in the coming year, from $1.46 to $1.56 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Conagra Brands is -3.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Conagra Brands is -3.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Conagra Brands has a P/B Ratio of 1.00. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.45% of the float of Conagra Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Conagra Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.72, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Conagra Brands has recently decreased by 14.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Conagra Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.24%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Conagra Brands has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Conagra Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.87% next year. This indicates that Conagra Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Conagra Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 46 news articles for Conagra Brands this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

24 people have searched for CAG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added Conagra Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Conagra Brands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.34% of the stock of Conagra Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.75% of the stock of Conagra Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 7/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 7/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CAG
• CIK: 23217
• Web: www.conagrabrands.com
• Phone: (312) 549-5000
• Fax: 402-595-4709
• Employees: 17,400
• Year Founded: 1919

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Conagra Brands: $14.07
• High Price Target: $17.00
• Low Price Target: $12.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.1%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.78
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($3.98)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.16
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$1.92 billion
• Net Margins: -16.95%
• Pretax Margin: -16.72%
• Return on Equity: 11.46%
• Return on Assets: 4.51%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.08
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 0.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.28 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.57
• Cash Flow: $2.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.24
• Book Value: $13.42 per share
• Price / Book: 1.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 477,410,000
• Free Float: 475,789,000
• Market Cap: $6.39 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.02