$32.19 0.05 (+0.16%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

Campbell Soup Company (CPB)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company together with its subsidiaries is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded convenience food products.

Current Price $32.19 Mkt Cap $11.12B
Open $32.06 P/E Ratio 15.45
Prev. Close $32.14 Div. (Yield) 1.00 (3.10%)
Daily Range $32.00 - $32.24 Volume 1,366,228
52-Wk Range $24.63 - $38.91 Avg. Daily Vol. 2,123,000

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Top CPB Bull/Bear Pitches

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DanePymble (< 20)
Submitted December 14, 2008

if I was stranded on a desrt island for 10 years and had to own one stock it would be these guys......

yxxtrent (41.41)
Submitted November 01, 2008

The only reason my underperform pitch is losing is the "flight to safety". Yes it's a big name. Noone's going to stop eating campbell's soup. But as an investment, a money making machine for the owners how is it? Price to book value- poor,… More

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Member Avatar mistermanguy (35.24) Submitted: 10/6/2009 9:02:01 PM : Underperform Start Price: $32.21 CPB Score: +1.83

SOUP!!

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Member Avatar 00100 (95.30) Submitted: 9/10/2009 1:12:52 PM : Outperform Start Price: $32.07 CPB Score: -2.88

Upthumb. Excellent balance sheet.

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Member Avatar joshbk (64.98) Submitted: 8/29/2009 12:30:23 PM : Underperform Start Price: $30.94 CPB Score: +1.15

If you've ever bought low sodium canned soup - either on purpose or by accident - then you should be skeptical of this stock.

CPB has been redoubling such efforts to lower sodium content in all of their soups (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081700839.html). They've been working at this for some time, and their results are hitting the shelves. The dangerous part, however, is that they are not just releasing new products or improving health/low sodium options; they are tinkering with their classic soups as well, going so far as to half their sodium contents while keeping the same classic soup can label.

Their efforts to release healthier soups are certainly laudable, & maybe rewarded by good publicity & health conscious customers (although personally I think that the dangers of sodium are over-hyped, see http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/07tier.html?_r=3&ref=science). But either way, they're taking a risk: They're taking a classic brand, completely reformulating the product, & in many cases are not even changing the front label. They're unnecessarily risking their entire brand, not just select healthy option soups.

Such dramatic decreases in sodium may look good on paper, but they taste terrible in your mouth.

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meklarian

meklarian (85.64) Score: +49.87

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This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. airplane44 76.11 11/13/2008 Underperform 1Y $35.87 -10.26% +27.22% +37.48
alexwong0708 < 20 3/9/2009 Underperform NS $25.67 +25.41% +60.39% +34.99
jumpfirst < 20 11/19/2007 Outperform NS $30.65 +5.02% -22.75% +27.76
maholo43 84.00 2/8/2008 Outperform 5Y $29.55 +8.94% -16.06% +25.00
samedi1234 93.13 1/23/2008 Outperform 5Y $28.64 +12.40% -12.15% +24.55
bizcentre1 < 20 2/4/2008 Outperform 3Y $30.76 +4.64% -19.80% +24.43
JCash22 89.87 2/6/2008 Outperform NS $30.01 +7.25% -17.04% +24.29
grecipient 73.19 1/30/2008 Outperform 5Y $30.25 +6.41% -17.65% +24.06
killthebear 85.72 10/9/2008 Underperform NS $37.26 -13.62% +10.34% +23.95 1 Comment
bingobum < 20 1/23/2008 Outperform 5Y $29.24 +10.10% -13.54% +23.64

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TrackHillman 91.15 9/23/2009 Outperform 5Y $32.41 -0.68% -0.18% -0.50 1 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 5/28/2009 Underperform NS $27.86 +10.76% +7.60% -3.16 7/29/2009 @ $30.86
TrackJimCramer < 20 12/22/2008 Outperform 3W $27.11 +18.73% +25.23% -6.49
TrackJimCramer < 20 12/17/2008 Underperform 3W $28.62 -2.87% -4.32% -1.45 12/23/2008 @ $27.80
TrackBarclaysCap 86.02 12/10/2008 Outperform NS $27.46 +17.23% +21.73% -4.50
TrackSoleil 83.54 9/3/2008 Outperform NS $35.77 -10.02% -13.65% +3.64
TrackJimCramer < 20 7/22/2008 Outperform 3W $35.08 -17.70% -28.62% +10.92 12/18/2008 @ $28.87
TrackLehmanBros 76.60 6/13/2008 Outperform NS $32.61 -1.30% -17.40% +16.10
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/24/2008 Underperform 3W $32.99 +6.99% -5.37% -12.36 7/22/2008 @ $35.30
TrackBRogers 96.65 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $35.86 -2.19% -42.91% +40.73 10/24/2008 @ $35.08 1 Comment
TrackHillman 91.15 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $35.56 -22.85% -50.00% +27.14 2/27/2009 @ $27.43 4 Comments
TrackUBS 86.41 8/22/2007 Outperform NS $34.37 -6.33% -22.76% +16.43
TrackBernstein 86.97 7/18/2007 Outperform NS $36.64 -12.16% -26.88% +14.72
TrackJimCramer < 20 7/17/2007 Outperform 3W $37.77 -11.52% -12.94% +1.43 3/25/2008 @ $33.42
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 7/11/2007 Outperform NS $35.99 -10.55% -25.19% +14.64
TrackMatrix 89.45 6/11/2007 Outperform NS $36.92 -12.81% -24.96% +12.15
TrackBofASec 93.50 2/20/2007 Outperform NS $40.61 -10.58% +3.54% -14.13 11/7/2007 @ $36.31
TrackJanney 78.51 9/13/2006 Outperform NS $34.49 -6.68% -13.22% +6.54

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