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 has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which allows the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.07. The company earned $2.18 billion during 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 firm's quarterly revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.79 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on 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 EPS 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.

11 analysts have issued 1-year 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 $45.64 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%. 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 articles about CPB stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a coverage optimism score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Campbell Soup.

Some companies that are related to Campbell Soup include Mondelez International (MDLZ), Tyson Foods (TSN), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Hormel Foods (HRL), MCCORMICK & CO /SH (MKC), Kellogg (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), J M Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Seaboard (SEB), Flowers Foods (FLO), Lancaster Colony (LANC) and Sanderson Farms (SAFM).

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

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WBI Investments Inc., Man Group plc, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Nomura Holdings Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Maverick Capital Ltd., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and Tibra Equities Europe Ltd. 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 $47.71.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $14.39 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]