Campbell Soup Co (CPB): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Loser

Campbell Soup (CPB) pushed the Food & Beverage industry lower today making it today's featured Food & Beverage loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, Campbell Soup fell 20 cents (-0.6%) to $31.58 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of Campbell Soup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $31.54-$31.91 after having opened the day at $31.84 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.78. Other company's within the Food & Beverage industry that declined today were: Reeds (REED), down 16%, Central European Distribution (CEDC), down 5%, Primo Water (PRMW), down 4.1%, and Origin Agritech (SEED), down 3.8%.

Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of branded convenience food products worldwide. Campbell Soup has a market cap of $9.96 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.5, below the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio of 13.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 5.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Campbell Soup a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Campbell Soup as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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On the positive front, MGP Ingredients (MGPI), up 12.6%, China New Borun Corporation (BORN), up 5.1%, Inventure Foods (SNAK), up 4.4%, and Jones Soda Company (JSDA), up 3%, were all gainers within the food & beverage industry with Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) being today's featured food & beverage industry winner.

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