NYSE:CAGConagra Brands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Conagra Brands' stock was trading at $26.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CAG stock has increased by 33.2% and is now trading at $35.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Conagra Brands in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 6 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, September 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Conagra Brands.

Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:CAG) released its earnings results on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $3.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.13 billion. Conagra Brands had a net margin of 7.60% and a return on equity of 14.38%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.36 EPS. View Conagra Brands' earnings history.

Conagra Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.2125 per share on Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $0.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 29th. View Conagra Brands' dividend history.

Conagra Brands issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.54.0.59 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.54.

16 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Conagra Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate Conagra Brands' share price to reach $35.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.1%. View analysts' price targets for Conagra Brands.

Press coverage about CAG stock has trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Conagra Brands earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Conagra Brands.

Conagra Brands saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,660,000 shares, a decline of 10.8% from the June 15th total of 10,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock 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 shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Old Port Advisors (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services (0.02%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%). 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, Robert G Wise, Ruth Ann Marshall, Sean Connolly, Thomas K Brown and Thomas M Mcgough. View institutional ownership trends for Conagra Brands.

CAG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First American Trust FSB, First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services, DNB Asset Management AS, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Home Federal Bank of Tennessee, and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have sold Conagra Brands company stock in the last year include Colleen Batcheler, Jana Partners Llc, Joie A Gregor, Richard H Lenny, Robert G Wise, Ruth Ann Marshall, Thomas K Brown, and Thomas M Mcgough. View insider buying and selling activity for Conagra Brands.

CAG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Old Port Advisors, and Hummer Financial Advisory Services Inc. 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.

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One share of CAG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.70.

Conagra Brands has a market capitalization of $17.39 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 18,000 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]