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The Campbell's Company

CPB

Consumer Defensive · 19.14 -5.4% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 1 Oct, 13:00 GMT-4

Market read

The Campbell's Company's move is spreading beyond its market group.

CPB accounts for 14.7% of the group's measured movement across 6.4 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 8 of 9 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#3 of 9 by movement share
Group movement share14.7%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-4.35%aligned
Effective breadth6.4 / 9broad
Relative alignment8/9downside path · 0 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement13%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

MDLZ, CAG, SJM moved materially before CPB. CPB crossed its material path threshold at 14:30 ET, 15 minutes after the first measured mover. GIS, KHC, HRL followed.

P/E10.1xlatest annual facts
Revenue YoY+6.4%2025-08-03
Operating margin11.0%+0.6 pts YoY
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 9 members in Packaged Foods are active. 0 of 6 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 6 of 9 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • MZTI remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 3 of 9 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

CPB accounts for 14.7% of the group's measured movement across 6.4 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 8 of 9 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 13%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 6 of 9 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • MZTI remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 1, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations615
Usable filing statements116
Verified relationships1
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.58x in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -5.0% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed -2.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -1.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 61% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 30, 2026

19.84
6m-10.9%12m-35.7%24m-59.9%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-07-31$8.6B+1.0%$2.51-1.0%
2023-07-30$9.4B+9.3%$2.85-0.3%
2024-07-28$9.6B+3.0%$1.89-0.3%
2025-08-03$10.3B+6.4%$2.01+0.0%
2026-08-02$9.7B-5.0%$1.31+0.0%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesmixed · 2 filings
“After adjusting for items impacting comparability, earnings increased reflecting improved gross profit, partially offset by higher interest expense, higher marketing and selling expenses, higher other expenses and higher research and development expenses.”
10-K · Sep 18, 2025 ↗
Input and raw-material costsnegative · 2 filings
“Gross profit decreased primarily due to the impact of cost inflation and other supply chain costs and unfavorable volume/mix, partially offset by supply chain productivity improvements, the benefit of the additional week and benefits from cost savings initiat…”
10-K · Sep 24, 2026 ↗
Macroeconomic conditionsnegative · 2 filings
“Gross profit decreased primarily due to the impact of cost inflation and other supply chain costs and unfavorable volume/mix, partially offset by supply chain productivity improvements, the benefit of the additional week and benefits from cost savings initiat…”
10-K · Sep 24, 2026 ↗
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 2 filings
“As a result of these factors, in the fourth quarter of 2024, we lowered our long-term outlook for the business and recognized an impairment charge of $ 76 million on the trademark, reducing the carrying value of the trademark to $ 28 million.”
10-K · Sep 24, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 0.6× · EV/sales 0.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

19.14-5.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 13:00 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CPB. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for CPB. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind CPB

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

CPB is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Packaged Foods. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.