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. Investors 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 3.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are 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, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The firm earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.81% and a net margin of 1.95%. Campbell Soup's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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 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.

15 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $38.4615 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% 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.

News articles about CPB stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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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%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%), Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd (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, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., DNB Asset Management AS, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Trilogy Capital Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshwinds Advisory Co., Virtu Financial LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Personal Capital Advisors Corp, 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 $35.52.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $10.62 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]