Campbell Soup Company (CPB) Key Metrics
CPB valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $5.93B
- Enterprise value
- $12.81B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.2 10-yr median 17.3
- Forward P/E
- 11.9
- PEG ratio
- 0.53
- Price / sales
- 0.6 10-yr median 1.5
- Price / book
- 1.6 10-yr median 4.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.1 10-yr median 12.2
- Dividend yield
- 5.03% $1.00 a year
- Beta
- 0.04
CPB key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended July 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsCPB valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
CPB returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
CPB per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
CPB financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
CPB efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
CPB valuation history
CPB returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
CPB debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
CPB cash returned to shareholders
CPB price vs earnings per share
CPB key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $6.59B | $9.58B | $14.06B | $13.79B | $14.90B | $13.33B | $15.07B | $12.48B | $12.35B | $16.22B |
| Enterprise value | $13.34B | $16.66B | $21.49B | $18.29B | $19.84B | $18.38B | $20.47B | $20.93B | $21.82B | $19.44B |
| P/E ratio | 16.4 | 15.9 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 19.7 | 13.3 | 9.3 | 59.2 | 47.3 | 18.3 |
| Price / sales | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Price / book | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Price / free cash flow | 9.7 | 13.6 | 21.0 | 17.8 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 17.1 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 6.3 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 12.6 |
| EV / sales | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5 | 10.6 | 15.2 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 25.2 | 11.3 |
| EV / free cash flow | 19.7 | 23.6 | 32.2 | 23.7 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 20.6 | 24.3 | 20.5 |
| Earnings yield | 6.1% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 7.5% | 10.8% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 5.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.3% | 7.4% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 5.9% |
| Dividend yield | 7.1% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 7.5% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 5.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $21.98 | $31.92 | $46.86 | $45.82 | $49.35 | $43.72 | $49.57 | $41.34 | $40.90 | $52.83 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $32.48 | $34.18 | $32.12 | $31.09 | $28.35 | $27.79 | $28.59 | $26.84 | $28.76 | $25.70 |
| Earnings per share | $1.34 | $2.01 | $1.89 | $2.85 | $2.51 | $3.29 | $5.36 | $0.70 | $0.86 | $2.89 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $3.46 | $3.77 | $3.95 | $3.80 | $3.91 | $3.39 | $4.59 | $4.63 | $4.32 | $4.20 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.26 | $2.35 | $2.23 | $2.57 | $3.11 | $2.49 | $3.61 | $3.36 | $2.97 | $3.09 |
| Cash per share | $1.31 | $0.44 | $0.36 | $0.63 | $0.36 | $0.23 | $2.83 | $0.10 | $0.16 | $1.04 |
| Book value per share | $12.83 | $13.01 | $12.65 | $12.17 | $11.03 | $10.34 | $8.45 | $3.65 | $4.52 | $5.33 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$18.90 | −$18.15 | −$20.00 | −$11.44 | −$12.74 | −$13.33 | −$15.68 | −$20.96 | −$20.41 | −$5.20 |
| Dividends per share | $1.57 | $1.53 | $1.48 | $1.49 | $1.49 | $1.44 | $1.40 | $1.40 | $1.41 | $1.37 |
| Capex per share | $1.20 | $1.42 | $1.72 | $1.23 | $0.80 | $0.90 | $0.98 | $1.27 | $1.35 | $1.10 |
| Debt per share | $23.79 | $24.04 | $25.14 | $15.58 | $16.72 | $16.76 | $20.60 | $28.06 | $31.51 | $11.52 |
| Shares outstanding | 300.0M | 300.0M | 300.0M | 301.0M | 302.0M | 305.0M | 304.0M | 302.0M | 302.0M | 307.0M |
| Change in shares outstanding | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.3% | −0.3% | −1.0% | +0.3% | +0.7% | 0.0% | −1.6% | −1.3% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.4% | 15.6% | 15.2% | 24.5% | 23.3% | 35.0% | 88.7% | 17.1% | 17.4% | 56.1% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 6.0% | 8.0% | 9.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 12.3% | 11.4% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 20.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.6% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% | 12.8% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 11.4% |
| Return on tangible assets | 6.6% | 10.8% | 10.4% | 17.3% | 16.1% | 22.2% | 32.3% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 19.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.0% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.3% | 11.0% | 9.0% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 10.3% | 12.0% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.58 | 1.88 | 2.09 | 1.33 | 1.56 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 6.63 | 5.00 | 1.45 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $7.14B | $7.21B | $7.54B | $4.69B | $5.05B | $5.11B | $6.26B | $8.47B | $9.52B | $3.54B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $394.0M | $132.0M | $108.0M | $189.0M | $109.0M | $69.0M | $859.0M | $31.0M | $49.0M | $319.0M |
| Net debt | $6.74B | $7.08B | $7.43B | $4.50B | $4.94B | $5.04B | $5.40B | $8.44B | $9.47B | $3.22B |
| Debt / equity | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.99 | 1.28 | 1.52 | 1.62 | 2.44 | 7.68 | 6.98 | 2.16 |
| Debt / assets | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.46 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.30 | 4.50 | 5.25 | 2.64 | 3.29 | 2.71 | 3.76 | 5.92 | 10.92 | 1.87 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.93 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.79 |
| Quick ratio | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.42 |
| Interest coverage | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 12.5 |
| Working capital | −$616.0M | −$674.0M | −$1.39B | −$161.0M | −$923.0M | −$119.0M | −$690.0M | −$1.42B | −$1.30B | −$495.0M |
| Invested capital | $10.59B | $10.98B | $11.23B | $8.16B | $8.27B | $8.20B | $7.97B | $9.55B | $10.83B | $4.85B |
| Tangible asset value | −$5.36B | −$5.44B | −$6.00B | −$3.44B | −$3.84B | −$4.07B | −$4.77B | −$6.32B | −$6.16B | −$1.59B |
| Net current asset value | −$8.77B | −$8.76B | −$9.25B | −$6.33B | −$6.60B | −$6.88B | −$7.42B | −$10.07B | −$10.86B | −$4.18B |
| Graham number | $19.69 | $24.23 | $23.19 | $27.94 | $24.94 | $27.65 | $31.91 | $7.58 | $9.37 | $18.62 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$32.86 | −$32.37 | −$33.88 | −$23.80 | −$24.57 | −$24.91 | −$26.57 | −$36.90 | −$40.53 | −$15.82 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $470.0M | $459.0M | $445.0M | $447.0M | $451.0M | $439.0M | $426.0M | $423.0M | $426.0M | $420.0M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $26.0M | $62.0M | $67.0M | $142.0M | $167.0M | $36.0M | $0 | $8.0M | $86.0M | $437.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 116.6% | 76.2% | 78.5% | 52.1% | 59.6% | 43.8% | 26.2% | 200.5% | 163.2% | 47.4% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 73.2% | 73.9% | 76.6% | 76.2% | 65.8% | 62.5% | 38.8% | 42.5% | 57.0% | 90.2% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.7% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 34.7% | 37.7% | 43.6% | 32.4% | 20.5% | 26.6% | 21.4% | 27.5% | 31.2% | 26.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.87 | 0.98 | 1.26 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 1.03 | 1.06 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| R&D / revenue | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 15.9% | 15.6% | 16.3% | 15.7% | 15.8% | 16.7% | 18.1% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 16.5% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 21.7 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 24.2 | 25.2 | 24.1 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 28.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 79.1 | 71.9 | 73.3 | 71.9 | 67.0 | 58.1 | 55.6 | 59.0 | 55.6 | 69.6 |
| Days payables outstanding | 70.6 | 67.6 | 71.7 | 74.8 | 73.9 | 68.3 | 59.7 | 51.2 | 42.6 | 48.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 30.3 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 33.4 | 37.5 | 49.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 16.79 | 16.91 | 16.63 | 17.49 | 15.07 | 14.49 | 15.13 | 14.26 | 14.87 | 12.82 |
| Payables turnover | 5.17 | 5.40 | 5.09 | 4.88 | 4.94 | 5.35 | 6.11 | 7.13 | 8.56 | 7.57 |
| Inventory turnover | 4.61 | 5.08 | 4.98 | 5.08 | 5.45 | 6.28 | 6.57 | 6.19 | 6.56 | 5.25 |
| Asset turnover | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 1.01 |
| Average receivables | $580.5M | $606.5M | $579.5M | $535.0M | $568.0M | $585.0M | $574.5M | $568.5M | $584.0M | $615.5M |
| Average payables | $1.35B | $1.32B | $1.31B | $1.32B | $1.20B | $1.06B | $931.5M | $759.5M | $685.5M | $638.0M |
| Average inventory | $1.52B | $1.41B | $1.34B | $1.27B | $1.09B | $902.0M | $867.0M | $875.0M | $894.5M | $921.0M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 60.8% | 62.7% | 64.3% | 58.9% | 60.4% | 61.5% | 59.3% | 56.5% | 51.8% | 41.8% |
Computed from CPB's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed September 24, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
CPB valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (July 31, 2026), Campbell Soup traded at 16.4 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 17.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 15.2 and the forward P/E is 11.9. Campbell Soup earned a return on equity of 10.4% and a return on invested capital of 6.0% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $7.1 billion of debt and $394.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $6.7 billion. It returned $496.0 million to shareholders: $470.0 million in dividends and $26.0 million in share buybacks, 73% of free cash flow.
See the CPB income statement, the CPB chart for price history, or the CPB stock overview for the latest quote and news.
CPB key metrics FAQ
What is Campbell Soup's P/E ratio?
Campbell Soup's trailing P/E ratio is 15.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.9. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 16.4, compared with a 10-year median of 17.3.
What is Campbell Soup's EV/EBITDA?
Campbell Soup's enterprise value was 10.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $13.3 billion, EBITDA $1.3 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.1.
What is Campbell Soup's return on equity?
Campbell Soup's return on equity (ROE) was 10.4% in fiscal 2026: net income of $403.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $3.9 billion.
What is Campbell Soup's ROIC?
Campbell Soup's return on invested capital was 6.0% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Campbell Soup have?
Campbell Soup had total debt of $7.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.85 and $6.7 billion of net debt (5.30 times EBITDA).
What is Campbell Soup's dividend yield?
Campbell Soup's forward dividend yield is 5.03%. Campbell Soup paid $470.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($1.57 per share), a payout ratio of 116.6%.
Does Campbell Soup buy back its shares?
Yes. Campbell Soup spent $26.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed 0.0% over the year, to 300.0M..
What is Campbell Soup's free cash flow yield?
Campbell Soup generated $678.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 10.3% on its market value at year-end ($6.6 billion).
What is Campbell Soup's current ratio?
Campbell Soup's current ratio was 0.82 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 0.82 times current liabilities.