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, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, July 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, July 30th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 12th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 30th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $2.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.24 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 3.01% and a return on equity of 53.88%. Campbell Soup's quarterly revenue was up 33.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.52 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 30th. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Campbell Soup's shares. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $39.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. 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.

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Press coverage about CPB stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.25%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.25%), Morgan Stanley (1.90%), Brandywine Managers LLC (1.87%) and Third Point LLC (1.85%). 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 New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Martingale Asset Management L P, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group and BB&T Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Campbell Soup company stock in the last year include Carlos Barroso, Charles R Perrin, Edward Carolan and Randall W Larrimore. 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, Morgan Stanley, Brandywine Managers LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Van ECK Associates Corp and Beutel Goodman & Co 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 $40.32.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $12.04 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 18,000 workers across the globe.

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]