Campbell Soup (CPB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment provides Campbell's condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell's gravies, pasta, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell's tomato juice; and snacking products in foodservice in Canada. The Snacks segment retails Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery, and frozen products, that includes Goldfish crackers, Snyder's of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod and Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, Pop Secret popcorn, and other snacking products. This segment is also involved in the retail business in Latin America. It sells its products through retail food chains, mass discounters and merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, and dollar stores, as well as e-commerce and other retail, commercial, and non-commercial establishments, and independent contractor distributors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $41.13 to $41.84
• 50-Day Range: $41.50 to $48.71
• 52-Week Range: $40.26 to $52.81
• Volume: 8.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.68
• Dividend Yield: 3.76%
• Price Target: $50.92
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Campbell Soup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Campbell Soup scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 146 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Campbell Soup has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.23, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Campbell Soup has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.38%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Campbell Soup are expected to grow by 5.38% in the coming year, from $3.16 to $3.33 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Campbell Soup is 22.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.29.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Campbell Soup is 22.68, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 21.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Campbell Soup has a PEG Ratio of 2.96. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Campbell Soup has a P/B Ratio of 3.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPB.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Campbell Soup pays a meaningful dividend of 3.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Campbell Soup does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Campbell Soup is 85.25%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Campbell Soup will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.85% next year. This indicates that Campbell Soup will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPB.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

Campbell Soup has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Campbell Soup this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

17 people have searched for CPB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 143% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

15 people have added Campbell Soup to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 650% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Campbell Soup insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

20.19% of the stock of Campbell Soup is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.35% of the stock of Campbell Soup is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CPB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CPB shares performed this year?

Campbell Soup's stock was trading at $43.23 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CPB stock has decreased by 4.0% and is now trading at $41.50.
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How were Campbell Soup's earnings last quarter?

Campbell Soup (NASDAQ:CPB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 29th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.01. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Campbell Soup have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Campbell Soup: Snyder's-Lance, Pacific Foods, Pacific Foods of Oregon LLC, Garden Fresh Gourmet, Kelsen, Plum, Bolthouse Farms, and others.

Who are Campbell Soup's major shareholders?

Campbell Soup's top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.38%), Van ECK Associates Corp (2.92%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.77%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.64%). Insiders that own company stock include Adam G Ciongoli, Stanley Polomski, Craig Slavtcheff and Anthony Sanzio.
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How do I buy shares of Campbell Soup?

Shares of CPB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Campbell Soup own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Campbell Soup investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/29/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 10/28 Dividend: 10/03/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/28/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/27 Dividend: 1/02/2025
• Dividend Payable: 1/27/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food & kindred products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CPB
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:CPB
• CUSIP: 13442910
• CIK: 16732
• Web: www.campbellsoupcompany.com
• Phone: (856) 342-4800
• Fax: 856-342-3878
• Employees: 14,400
• Year Founded: 1869

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $50.92
• High Stock Price Target: $59.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.23
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.13
• P/E Growth: 2.96
• Net Income: $567 million
• Net Margins: 5.57%
• Pretax Margin: 7.39%
• Return on Equity: 23.79%
• Return on Assets: 6.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.74
• Current Ratio: 0.91
• Quick Ratio: 0.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.25
• Cash Flow: $4.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.49
• Book Value: $12.90 per share
• Price / Book: 3.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 298,109,000
• Free Float: 237,921,000
• Market Cap: $12.37 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.18