Campbell Soup - CPB Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Campbell Soup in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 7 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CPB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CPB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Campbell Soup's stock. Their CPB share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $51.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price.
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Campbell Soup's stock was trading at $56.75 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CPB shares have decreased by 11.2% and is now trading at $50.38.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 8th 2023.
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Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 7th. The company reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.16. The company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.44 billion. Campbell Soup had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.43% and a net margin of 8.91%. The firm's revenue was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share.
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Campbell Soup announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Monday, January 30th. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 4th.
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Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.85%. The dividend payout ratio is 56.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CPB will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Campbell Soup declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, September 1st 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Campbell Soup updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.90-3.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.91. The company issued revenue guidance of +7-9% yr/yr to $9.19-9.33 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.00 billion.

94 employees have rated Campbell Soup Chief Executive Officer Mark Clouse on Glassdoor.com. Mark Clouse has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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

Campbell Soup's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.36%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.23%), Tobam (0.22%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.09%), CapWealth Advisors LLC (0.09%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam G Ciongoli, Anthony Sanzio, Craig Slavtcheff and Stanley Polomski.
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One share of CPB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.38.

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) has a market capitalization of $15.09 billion and generates $8.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $757 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,700 workers across the globe.

Campbell Soup's mailing address is 1 CAMPBELL PL, CAMDEN NJ, 08103. The official website for the company is www.campbellsoupcompany.com. The company can be reached via phone at (856) 342-4800, via email at ken_gosnell@campbellsoup.com, or via fax at 856-342-3878.