Campbell Soup Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CPB)

Campbell Soup trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CPB."

Campbell Soup declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 10th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, October 28th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

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

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) announced its earnings results on Friday, August, 30th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.98 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 62.59% and a net margin of 2.25%. Campbell Soup's revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.25 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.50-2.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.57.

10 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $42.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

News articles about CPB stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 19,030,000 shares, a drop of 10.7% from the August 30th total of 21,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,120,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.0 days. Currently, 11.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Campbell Soup include Conagra Brands (CAG), Beyond Meat (BYND), Flowers Foods (FLO), Tate & Lyle (TATYY), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), B&G Foods (BGS), Zivo Bioscience (ZIVO), Amira Nature Foods (ANFI) and TDH (PETZ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Campbell Soup investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Ford Motor (F), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and CVS Health (CVS).

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Trilogy Capital Inc. (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), North Star Investment Management Corp. (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Campbell Soup stock include Adam G Ciongoli, Carlos Barroso, Edward Carolan, Luca Mignini, Maria Teresa Hilado, Randall W Larrimore, Robert Furbee and Stanley Polomski. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Trust Co, North Star Investment Management Corp., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA and Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO. Company insiders that have sold Campbell Soup company stock in the last year include Adam G Ciongoli, Randall W Larrimore, Robert Furbee and Stanley Polomski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including XR Securities LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Cypress Capital Group, Thomasville National Bank, Trilogy Capital Inc. and Courier Capital LLC. Company insiders that have bought Campbell Soup stock in the last two years include 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.83.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $14.10 billion and generates $8.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $211 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 on an earnings per share basis. Campbell Soup employs 19,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Campbell Soup.

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]