Are Analysts Too Bullish On Campbells Co (CPB)

Campbells Co (NASDAQ:CPB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.40M but it saw 2801819 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.75B USD, the company’s current market price of $39.39 came falling about -1.28 while comparing to the previous closing price of $39.90. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $52.81 and as low as $36.92. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $39.17 while lowest mark touched by it was $40.185.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Campbells Co (CPB) gives us an average price of $39.27, while its current price level is -25.40% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 6.69% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $39.13 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $44.43. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.88% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.88%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 50.71 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

JP Morgan downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Overweight” on March 06, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $48-$37. Piper Sandler issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $47 and $56.

Over the week, CPB’s stock price is moving 0.64% up while it is -2.33% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -5.95% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -11.80%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Mar-04, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.66 while estimate for next year EPS is 2.99. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $2.4B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $10.31B and seeing the company making $10.19B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $2.43B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Campbells Co’s total number of outstanding shares is 298.00M with 35.12% of that held by the insiders while 58.96% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.88% and return on equity (ROE) at 13.43%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 22.69 while having a 12.74 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.13. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.00 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.16. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.72% on average.