NYSE:CPB - Campbell Soup Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Campbell Soup announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, January 27th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.20 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 64.48% and a net margin of 2.07%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.79 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-2.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.52. The company issued revenue guidance of (1%) to 1% to $8.03-8.19 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.11 billion.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $45.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Press coverage about CPB stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Campbell Soup.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Campbell Soup investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Pfizer (PFE).

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Third Point LLC (5.64%), State Street Corp (3.10%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.94%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.47%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.43%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.26%). Company insiders that own Campbell Soup stock include Adam G Ciongoli, Carlos Barroso, Edward Carolan, Luca Mignini, Maria Teresa Hilado, Randall W Larrimore, Robert Furbee and Stanley Polomski. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Third Point LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, State Street Corp, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Alps Advisors Inc., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and BB&T Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Campbell Soup company stock in the last year include Adam G Ciongoli, Randall W Larrimore, Robert Furbee and Stanley Polomski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WBI Investments Inc., Man Group plc, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Maverick Capital Ltd., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have bought Campbell Soup stock in the last two years include Luca Mignini and Maria Teresa Hilado. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

Shares of CPB 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 CPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.75.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $14.40 billion and generates $8.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $211 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 on an earnings per share basis. Campbell Soup employs 19,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Campbell Soup.

The official website for Campbell Soup is http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/.

Campbell Soup's mailing address is 1 CAMPBELL PL, CAMDEN NJ, 08103. The company can be reached via phone at 856-342-4800 or via email at [email protected]