Company Analysis

The Campbell's Company (CPB)

Nasdaq: CPB · Food and Kindred Products · Camden, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.4● Present 6.3▶ Future 4.5

The grade of The Campbell's Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.430% of the headline
● Present6.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-08-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Campbell's Company's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2022-02-03); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-08-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Campbell's Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.8 billion in fiscal 2017 to $9.7 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.9% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.9%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.0%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 46% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-02, The Campbell's Company's diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 46% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02, buying about $6 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-02, The Campbell's Company earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • return on equitytop 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 19 in its family; net margin 4.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Campbell's Company's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9.7 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 4.1% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 1.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$9.74Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin4.1%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.4%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 37% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Campbell's Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Beekhuizen, Mick J (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-03, 1.8 years (top 50% of its family); the 26 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.6 years (top 50%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 26 people in charge now (top 10%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 26 peopletop 10% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.6 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.8 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 18 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Campbell's Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $394 million against debt of $6.2 billion leaves -36.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 34% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 28.1% (top 50%); research spending of 1% of revenue (top 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-36.8%bottom 34% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.0%top 31% of its family
  • gross margin28.1%top 50% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.0%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Campbell's Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 1.4% a year over the last three filed years against 5.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew -5% (bottom 26%); research spending grew 2.5% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew -0.8% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). The Campbell's Company reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Meals Beverages at $5.9 billion (61%), Snacks at $3.8 billion (39%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.5 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.0%bottom 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.5%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-0.8%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 34% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Campbell's Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $9.7 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 9.2% below the $11 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $403 million against a prior three-year average of $676 million (bottom 32%); a net margin of 4.1% against 7% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.2%bottom 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-40%bottom 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.8 pointsbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CPB · research, not advice