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, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 9th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, January 28th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 27th. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a positive return on equity of 55.51% and a negative net margin of 1.68%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 24.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.45-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.975-10.100 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.86 billion.

14 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $37.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 8 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 coverage about CPB stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Campbell Soup include Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), B&G Foods (BGS), Amira Nature Foods (ANFI), Nutrastar International (NUIN), Blue Buffalo Pet Products (BUFF) and Pinnacle Foods (PF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Campbell Soup investors own include General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Procter & Gamble (PG), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), Ford Motor (F), IBM (IBM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Third Point LLC (6.98%), BlackRock Inc. (4.92%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.23%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.86%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.86%). 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 APG Asset Management N.V., Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, LSV Asset Management, FMR LLC, Impax Asset Management Group plc, Prudential PLC and Hsbc Holdings PLC. 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, Norges Bank, Alps Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC. 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 $36.56.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.01 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]