Conagra Brands Stock Forecast, Price & News

Conagra Brands' stock was trading at $26.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CAG stock has increased by 31.7% and is now trading at $35.32.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Conagra Brands in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Conagra Brands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 7th 2021.
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Conagra Brands will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 7th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 6th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.13. The firm earned $2.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.61 billion. Conagra Brands had a return on equity of 15.77% and a net margin of 8.77%. Conagra Brands's revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.43 earnings per share.
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Conagra Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.275 per share on Wednesday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th. This is a positive change from Conagra Brands's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Conagra Brands issued an update on its FY22 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.66-2.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.49.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Conagra Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Conagra Brands' stock price to reach $36.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price.
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Conagra Brands saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,360,000 shares, a decrease of 17.6% from the October 31st total of 10,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,820,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days.
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Conagra Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CAG."

Conagra Brands' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.31%), State Street Corp (4.42%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.88%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.64%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.59%) and Morgan Stanley (0.59%). Company insiders that own Conagra Brands stock include Colleen Batcheler, Craig P Omtvedt, David Biegger, Jana Partners Llc, Joie A Gregor, Richard H Lenny, Robert G Wise, Ruth Ann Marshall, Thomas K Brown and Thomas M Mcgough.
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CAG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Poplar Forest Capital LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, State Street Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Payden & Rygel, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Conagra Brands company stock in the last year include Colleen Batcheler, David Biegger, Jana Partners Llc, Joie A Gregor, Robert G Wise, Thomas K Brown, and Thomas M Mcgough.
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CAG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, BlackRock Inc., AJO LP, LSV Asset Management, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have bought Conagra Brands stock in the last two years include Craig P Omtvedt, and Joie A Gregor.
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Shares of CAG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.32.

Conagra Brands has a market capitalization of $17.25 billion and generates $11.05 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $840.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 on an earnings per share basis. Conagra Brands employs 16,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Conagra Brands is www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands' mailing address is 222 W. MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL, 60654. The company can be reached via phone at 312-549-5000 or via email at [email protected]