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, 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 yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 11th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

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

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.08. The business earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.88% and a net margin of 3.01%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.92 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

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 earnings per share 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets 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 $39.1429 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. 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.

Headlines about CPB stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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 trading volume of 3,600,548 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.2 days. Currently, 17.1% of the company's shares 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 institutional and retail 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 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 purchased 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., Legal & General Group Plc and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board. 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 $40.55.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.56 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]