NYSE:CAGConagra Brands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Conagra Brands' stock was trading at $26.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAG stock has increased by 17.0% and is now trading at $31.37. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Conagra Brands in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Conagra Brands.

Conagra Brands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Conagra Brands.

Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:CAG) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 31st. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $2.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59 billion. Conagra Brands had a return on equity of 12.08% and a net margin of 7.37%. Conagra Brands's revenue was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.51 EPS. View Conagra Brands' earnings history.

Conagra Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.2125 per share on Tuesday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Conagra Brands' dividend history.

Conagra Brands issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.07 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.05. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.54 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.55 billion.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Conagra Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Conagra Brands' share price to reach $32.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Conagra Brands.

News coverage about CAG stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Conagra Brands earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutConagra Brands.

Conagra Brands saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 15,380,000 shares, a decrease of 22.7% from the February 13th total of 19,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,050,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Conagra Brands' Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services (0.02%). Company insiders that own Conagra Brands stock include Colleen Batcheler, Craig P Omtvedt, David S Marberger, Jana Partners Llc, Joie A Gregor, Richard H Lenny, Ruth Ann Marshall, Sean Connolly, Stephen G Butler, Steven F Goldstone, Thomas K Brown and Thomas M Mcgough. View institutional ownership trends for Conagra Brands.

CAG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services. Company insiders that have bought Conagra Brands stock in the last two years include Craig P Omtvedt, David S Marberger, Joie A Gregor, Sean Connolly, and Thomas K Brown. View insider buying and selling activity for Conagra Brands.

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 $31.37.

Conagra Brands has a market capitalization of $15.27 billion and generates $9.54 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $678.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.01 on an earnings per share basis. Conagra Brands employs 18,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Conagra Brands.

The official website for Conagra Brands is http://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]