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 (WHO). 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June, 30th. The company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $3.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.13 billion. Conagra Brands had a net margin of 7.60% and a return on equity of 14.38%. Conagra Brands's revenue for the quarter was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. View Conagra Brands' earnings history.

Conagra Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a 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 EPS guidance of $0.54.0.59 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.54.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Conagra Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Conagra Brands' share 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.

Media stories about CAG stock have been trending negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Conagra Brands earned a news impact 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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. Currently, 2.0% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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.

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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 $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]