Campbell Soup Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:CPB)

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

Campbell Soup announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, October 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 9th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 30th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.08. The business earned $2.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.98 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 2.25% and a return on equity of 62.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.25 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, December 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Campbell Soup updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.50-2.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.57.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $43.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

News coverage about CPB stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 20,150,000 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the September 15th total of 19,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.0 days. Approximately 11.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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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), Ford Motor (F), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE) and Procter & Gamble (PG).

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.94%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.47%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.43%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.26%), Alps Advisors Inc. (0.25%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.23%). 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 Mackay Shields LLC, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Alps Advisors Inc., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, BB&T Securities LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WBI Investments Inc., CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, G&S Capital LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $47.39.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $14.27 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]