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 given 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 is Tuesday, April 10th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its board has authorized a share 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 29th 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 EPS 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $39.6154 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a increase in short interest in 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 presently 4.2 days. Approximately 20.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about CPB stock have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a news sentiment score of -0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 48.56 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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 $11.26 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]