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, November 28th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The firm earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 1.95% and a return on equity of 53.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.92 EPS. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 27th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 4093503941.

Campbell Soup updated 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.

15 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $38.4615 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Campbell Soup.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 9 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

News headlines about CPB stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a news sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of 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 Northern Trust Corp (0.79%). 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 Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, LSV Asset Management, Impax Asset Management Group plc, Prudential PLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, TD Asset Management Inc. and Destination Wealth Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $34.79.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $10.47 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]