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 paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, April 30th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.78%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 10th. View Campbell Soup's Dividend History.

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

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) posted 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 company earned $2.13 billion during 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 firm earned $0.59 earnings per share. 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 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Campbell Soup's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Campbell Soup's share price to reach $39.6154 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Campbell Soup.

Campbell Soup saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 volume of 8,682,381 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 20.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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News headlines about CPB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Campbell Soup earned a daily sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company an impact score of 44.90 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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 acquired 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 $37.03.

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]