NYSE:CPB - Campbell Soup Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Campbell Soup declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, April 30th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 10th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which allows the company to buyback shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 18th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.10. The firm earned $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.13 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 56.59% and a net margin of 5.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.59 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.85-2.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.12. The company issued revenue guidance of +10-12% to ~$8.68-8.84 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.76 billion.

14 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $39.6154 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 36,043,705 shares, an increase of 30.3% from the May 15th total of 27,661,348 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,682,381 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 20.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about CPB stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 45.93 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.84%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.05%), LSV Asset Management (0.79%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (0.44%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.40%). Company insiders that own Campbell Soup stock include Bennett Dorrance, Carlos Barroso, Charles R Perrin, Edward Carolan, Jeff Dunn, Luca Mignini, Maria Teresa Hilado, Randall W Larrimore and William J O'shea. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PNC Financial Services Group Inc., American Century Companies Inc., LSV Asset Management, Schroder Investment Management Group, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Aperio Group 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Van ECK Associates Corp, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., BB&T Securities LLC, Avalon Advisors LLC and Natixis. 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 $38.60.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.18 billion and generates $7.89 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $887 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 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]