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

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

Campbell Soup declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, January 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

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

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The business earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 1.95% and a return on equity of 53.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.92 earnings per share. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.45-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.975-10.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.84 billion.Campbell Soup also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.45-2.53 EPS.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $39.7857 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 9 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.

Media headlines about CPB stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing 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. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%), Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd (0.01%) and North Star Investment Management Corp. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Campbell Soup stock include Bennett Dorrance, Carlos Barroso, Charles R Perrin, Edward Carolan, Luca Mignini, Maria Teresa Hilado and Randall W Larrimore. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, North Star Investment Management Corp., DNB Asset Management AS, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Trilogy Capital Inc. and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshwinds Advisory Co., Virtu Financial LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Campbell Soup stock in the last two years include Bennett Dorrance, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.46.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $10.55 billion and generates $8.69 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $261 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.87 on an earnings per share basis. Campbell Soup employs 23,000 workers across the globe.

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]