Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Campbell Soup Company CPB
$19.62 +0.67% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.85B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 5.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.31, down 34.8% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 40%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 21%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverBottom 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.9% | -5.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 34.4% | -34.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 28.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 8.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.9% | 7.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.0% | -2.9% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -34.8% | 34.4% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 30.4% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 13.2% | ↓ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.0% | 6.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | — | Bottom 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.4% | — | Bottom 40% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.58×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 8.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 2, 2026 (filed Sep 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.54
- Target vs current price
- -0.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 7%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +1.1% | -6.9% | -11.9% | -18.0% | — |
| Jun 8, 2026 | +4.4% | -0.9% | +5.2% | +5.6% | +9.4% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | -10.5% | -7.1% | -12.6% | -16.2% | -12.7% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | +4.8% | -5.2% | -5.9% | -12.6% | -14.1% |
| Sep 3, 2025 | +10.5% | +7.2% | +7.2% | +0.4% | -3.3% |
| Jun 2, 2025 | +12.3% | +0.6% | +1.3% | -10.0% | -6.1% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | +1.4% | -2.9% | -0.9% | -1.1% | -15.3% |
| Dec 3, 2024 | +1.1% | -1.5% | -6.7% | -9.4% | -10.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.39 | +1.1% | $2.14B |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.48 | +4.4% | $2.37B |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.51 | $0.57 | -10.5% | $2.56B |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.74 | +4.8% | $2.68B |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.56 | +10.5% | $2.32B |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.65 | +12.3% | $2.48B |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.73 | +1.4% | $2.69B |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.89 | $0.88 | +1.1% | $2.77B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.0× | 16.7× | 29th | Top 20% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.29× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.59% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | 6.68% | — | — | Top 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.6× – 26.9× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -38.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -34.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -9.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.5%
- RSI (14)
- 36.0
- Relative volume
- 0.66×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.16
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.09
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -38.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -62.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2022 | Sep 25, 2026 | -66.3% | 939 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | -24.3% | 190 days | 253 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.85B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.31
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.74B
- Dividend yield
- 7.24%
- 52-week range
- $19.10 – $32.09
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.56B | $9.36B | $9.64B | $10.25B | $9.74B |
| Gross profit | $2.63B | $2.92B | $2.97B | $3.12B | $2.74B |
| Operating income | $1.15B | $1.31B | $1.23B | $1.35B | $852.0M |
| Net income | $757.0M | $858.0M | $567.0M | $602.0M | $403.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.51 | $2.85 | $1.89 | $2.01 | $1.31 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.77B | $2.69B | $2.48B | $2.32B | $2.68B | $2.56B | $2.37B | $2.14B |
| Net income | $218.0M | $173.0M | $66.0M | $145.0M | $194.0M | $145.0M | $124.0M | -$60.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.72 | $0.58 | $0.22 | $0.49 | $0.65 | $0.48 | $0.41 | -$0.23 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.18B | $1.14B | $1.19B | $1.13B | $1.04B |
| Capital expenditure | -$242.0M | -$370.0M | -$517.0M | -$426.0M | -$361.0M |
| Free cash flow | $939.0M | $773.0M | $668.0M | $705.0M | $678.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$451.0M | -$447.0M | -$445.0M | -$459.0M | -$470.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$164.0M | -$120.0M | -$65.0M | -$62.0M | -$26.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $394.0M
- Total assets
- $15.65B
- Total liabilities
- $11.49B
- Total debt
- $7.14B
- Net debt
- $6.74B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.85B
As of Aug 2, 2026 (filed Sep 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.25 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | $0.39 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | $0.39 | May 4, 2026 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $0.39 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | $0.39 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.39 | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | $0.39 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Jan 2, 2025 | $0.39 | Jan 27, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 38,555,533
- Days to cover
- 3.47
- Change vs previous report
- -2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 18, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Dec 24, 1991
- 2-for-1
- Dec 23, 1987
- 2-for-1
- Aug 1, 1985
- 2-for-1