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 32.1% and is now trading at $35.41. 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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.09. The company earned $3.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. Conagra Brands had a return on equity of 14.38% and a net margin of 7.60%. The company's revenue was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.36 earnings per share. View Conagra Brands' earnings history.

Conagra Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 30th will be paid 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 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Conagra Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate Conagra Brands' stock price to reach $35.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. View analysts' price targets for Conagra Brands.

News coverage about CAG stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Conagra Brands earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Conagra Brands.

Conagra Brands saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,660,000 shares, a decrease 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. 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 $35.41.

Conagra Brands has a market capitalization of $17.25 billion and generates $11.05 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $678.30 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]