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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Shareholders 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 yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The company earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.81% and a net margin of 1.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.92 earnings per share. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 27th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 4093503941.

Campbell Soup issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided EPS 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.

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $38.4615 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

15 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Media coverage about CPB stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Third Point LLC (6.98%), BlackRock Inc. (4.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.23%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.86%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.79%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, LSV Asset Management, Impax Asset Management Group plc, Prudential PLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, TD Asset Management Inc. and Destination Wealth Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $34.79.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $10.47 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]