Campbell Soup (CPB) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 9 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" CPB shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their CPB share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $47.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% from the stock's current price.
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Campbell Soup's stock was trading at $56.75 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CPB stock has decreased by 24.9% and is now trading at $42.61.
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Campbell Soup saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,650,000 shares, a decrease of 10.2% from the August 15th total of 14,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days. Approximately 6.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 6th 2023.
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Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 31st. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50. The company earned $2.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.06 billion. Campbell Soup had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.14% and a net margin of 9.17%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.56 EPS.
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Campbell Soup announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Monday, October 30th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 4th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RHS), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS), Invesco Food & Beverage ETF (PBJ), First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (FXG), ASYMmetric Smart S&P 500ETF (ASPY), First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF (FTLS) and Pacer CFRA-Stovall Equal Weight Seasonal Rotation Index ETF (SZNE).

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.47%. The dividend payout ratio is 51.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CPB will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.40% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Campbell Soup updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.09-$3.15 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.09.

94 employees have rated Campbell Soup Chief Executive Officer Mark Clouse on Glassdoor.com. Mark Clouse has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Campbell Soup investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), CVS Health (CVS), Verizon Communications (VZ), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Procter & Gamble (PG).

Campbell Soup trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CPB."

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.13%), State Street Corp (3.63%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (1.77%), Brandywine Trust Co. (1.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.45%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam G Ciongoli, Anthony Sanzio, Craig Slavtcheff and Stanley Polomski.
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Shares of CPB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.61.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) has a market capitalization of $12.70 billion and generates $9.36 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $858 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,700 workers across the globe.

Campbell Soup's mailing address is 1 CAMPBELL PL, CAMDEN NJ, 08103. The official website for the company is www.campbellsoupcompany.com. The company can be reached via phone at (856) 342-4800, via email at ken_gosnell@campbellsoup.com, or via fax at 856-342-3878.