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, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, October 29th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 11th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 30th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $2.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.24 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.88% and a net margin of 3.01%. The business's revenue was up 33.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.52 earnings per share. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 20th at 10:00 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 Thursday, August, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.45-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.69. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.975-10.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.26 billion.

16 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $39.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% 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 10 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Press coverage about CPB stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Campbell Soup saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 29,451,462 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the October 15th total of 32,703,664 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,600,548 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.2 days. Currently, 17.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Third Point LLC (5.99%), BlackRock Inc. (4.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.09%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.94%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.46%) and Tobam (0.43%). 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 Schroder Investment Management Group, FMR LLC, LSV Asset Management, AXA, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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, Eaton Vance Management, Litespeed Management L.L.C., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Laurion Capital Management LP. 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 $38.65.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.80 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]