Campbell Soup Company (CPB) is a publicly traded company in the Consumer Defensive — Packaged Foods industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Campbell Soup Company (CPB) is a leading international producer and marketer of a wide variety of food and beverage products. The enterprise conducts its business through two main operational divisions: Meals & Beverages and Snacks. The Meals & Beverages segment serves both retail and food service industries throughout the United States and Canada.
Is Campbell Soup Company stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Campbell Soup Company (CPB) trades at 16.4× earnings (P/E), below the median of the 95 consumer staples companies over $2bn in Kaplio's universe. At the decade median (16.5×) $22 (+1 %); at its sector median (22.4×) $29 (+37 %).
Kaplio overview: Campbell Soup Company
Market cap $6B · 52 weeks $19 – $32 (29 % below the high) · P/E 16.4× · 2027 expected P/E 12.7× · Dividend 6.5 % · Next earnings December 8, 2026 · expected EPS $0.44 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Sep 3.
- Valuation: P/E 16.4× (fairly priced).
- Business: ROIC 5 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 5.3× (fragile).
- Earnings: 7 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
At the decade median (16.5×) $22 (+1 %); at its sector median (22.4×) $29 (+37 %). Implied price from applying the reference multiples to today's earnings (or book value, or FFO) per share. Not a fair value: it is where the stock would trade at its usual multiples.
What matters in consumer staples: 2 of 8 pass
- Gross margin (stable 5y) 28.1 %, fails.
- Stable ROE / ROIC 10.2 %, fails.
- 10y dividend growth 2.3 %, fails.
- 10y EPS growth −2.9 %, fails.
- Payout Ratio 116.6 %, fails.
- Net debt / EBITDA 5.3×, fails.
- FCF / Net Income 168.2 %, passes.
- P/E vs own 10y history 16.4×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Campbell Soup Company: P/E 16.4×; EV/EBITDA 10.2×; ROIC 4.9 %; $6.4B. Post Holdings, Inc. (P/E 15.3×; EV/EBITDA 6.5×; ROIC 5.4 %; $3.7B), Hormel Foods Corporation (P/E 33.8×; EV/EBITDA 15.7×; ROIC 3.2 %; $11.7B), The J. M. Smucker Company (P/E 60.7×; EV/EBITDA 15.5×; ROIC 3.1 %; $13.9B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 16.4× · median 16.5× · minimum 9.5× · maximum 34.7× · cheap below 14.7× · expensive above 22.3×. It has been cheaper than today only 49% of the time over its last ten years.
Dividend
fragile · Yield 6.5 % ($1.58 per share in 2026) · Years raising it 2 · 5-year growth +2 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 1.5× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $65.40 a year ($5.45 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 10.18% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 4.91% |
| Return on Assets | 2.58% |
| Gross Margin | 28.14% |
| Operating Margin | 8.74% |
| Net Margin | 4.14% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 1.85 |
| Current Ratio | 0.82 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 1.52 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +9.17% |
| 3 months | -4.25% |
| Year-to-date | -23.14% |
| 1 year | -28.91% |
| 3 years | -48.11% |
| 5 years | -46.95% |
| 10 years | -59.38% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $1.4200 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-07-02 | $0.3900 |
| 2026-04-02 | $0.3900 |
| 2026-01-08 | $0.3900 |
| 2025-10-02 | $0.3900 |
| 2025-07-03 | $0.3900 |
| 2025-04-03 | $0.3900 |
| 2025-01-02 | $0.3900 |
| 2024-10-03 | $0.3700 |
| 2024-07-03 | $0.3700 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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