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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 21st. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 11th will be paid 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 3.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 10th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup declared that its board has authorized a stock 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 often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 18th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.13 billion. Campbell Soup had a net margin of 5.97% and a return on equity of 56.59%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $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 updated 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 price objectives for Campbell Soup's shares. Their predictions range from $30.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's stock price to reach $39.6154 in the next twelve months. 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 short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 20.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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News articles about CPB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive 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 gave media stories about the company an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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, Natixis 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 $37.09.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $11.15 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]