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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 8th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

Campbell Soup announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 19th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $2.69 billion for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.92 earnings per share. View Campbell Soup's Earnings History.

Campbell Soup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 20th. The company provided earnings per share 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $38.4615 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% 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.

Headlines about CPB stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Campbell Soup's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%), Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd (0.01%). 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., DNB Asset Management AS, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Trilogy Capital Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Campbell Soup.

CPB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshwinds Advisory Co., Virtu Financial LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd. 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 $35.78.

Campbell Soup has a market capitalization of $10.62 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]