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 given 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 3.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $2.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.81% and a net margin of 1.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.92 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.45-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate Campbell Soup's share price to reach $39.7857 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% 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.

News stories about CPB stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a coverage optimism score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Campbell Soup saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 26,195,567 shares, a drop of 11.1% from the October 31st total of 29,451,462 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,127,668 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 12.3 days. Approximately 15.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc (6.90%), Third Point LLC (5.99%), BlackRock Inc. (4.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.09%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.94%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.46%). 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 Morgan Stanley, Schroder Investment Management Group, FMR LLC, LSV Asset Management, AXA, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, First Trust Advisors LP and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Campbell Soup company stock in the last year include Carlos Barroso, Edward Carolan and Randall W Larrimore. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC, Sessa Capital IM L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Vanguard Group Inc, Eaton Vance Management, Great Lakes Advisors LLC and Litespeed Management L.L.C.. 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 $39.40.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.70 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]