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 of this dividend is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

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

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The firm earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Campbell Soup had a return on equity of 53.81% and a net margin of 1.95%. Campbell Soup's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.92 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Campbell Soup's stock. 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 year. 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 articles about CPB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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]