NYSE:CPB - Campbell Soup Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Campbell Soup declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 13th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, July 30th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 12th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which permits the company to buyback outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign 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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.13 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 5.97% and a return on equity of 56.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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 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.

15 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Campbell Soup's stock. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $40.3846 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.3%. 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, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 33,798,504 shares, a decrease of 12.0% from the July 13th total of 38,408,955 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,877,226 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 11.7 days. Approximately 19.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Campbell Soup's Current Options Chain.

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Media headlines about CPB stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company an impact score of 46.59 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.25%), Morgan Stanley (1.90%), Brandywine Managers LLC (1.87%), Third Point LLC (1.85%) and Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.95%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Martingale Asset Management L P, Manning & Napier Group LLC, BB&T Securities LLC, Pinebridge Investments L.P., ING Groep NV and Hutchinson Capital Management CA. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, Morgan Stanley, Brandywine Managers LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Van ECK Associates Corp, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. and OLD Republic International Corp. 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 $41.75.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $12.43 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]