Conagra Brands Inc CAG Stock Analysis
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$15.24 down $0.27, 1.74% at close Nov 6
Last close · Previous close $15.51
- Market cap
- $7.29BAt the Nov 6 close
- P/E ratio
- n/mLoss over last 12 months
- Diluted EPS
- −$3.98Last 12 months
- Dividend yield
- 6.89%Last 12 months
Price chart
$15.24down $0.27, 1.74%Fri, Nov 6 session
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Price data
Trading
- Previous close$15.51Nov 5
- Volume9.66MNov 6 session
Shares traded on all US exchanges in the last completed session. Live intraday volume covers IEX only, so it is left out.
- Avg. volume10.13MLast 21 sessions
The average daily shares traded over the last 21 trading sessions, about one calendar month.
- 52-week range: $12.53 to $20.32; now $15.24
The lowest and highest trades over the past 52 weeks, adjusted for splits. The marker shows the latest price.
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Performance
Past performance, measured to the Nov 6 close. Total return includes reinvested dividends.Price change only, without dividends. Compared with the S&P 500, using SPY.
CAG beat the S&P 500 in 2 of 7 periods.
| Period | CAG and S&P 500 | vs S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Short term | ||
| 1M | CAG: up 14.6% S&P 500: down 5.6% | CAG beat the S&P 500 by 20.2 percentage points Beat |
| 3M | CAG: up 3.8% S&P 500: down 4.1% | CAG beat the S&P 500 by 7.9 percentage points Beat |
| YTD | CAG: down 5.9% S&P 500: up 8.7% | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 14.6 percentage points Trailed |
| 1Y | CAG: down 2.5% S&P 500: up 10.9% | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 13.4 percentage points Trailed |
| Long term | ||
| 3Y | CAG: down 33.5% S&P 500: up 75.0% −12.7% vs +20.5% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 108.5 percentage points Trailed |
| 5Y | CAG: down 39.6% S&P 500: up 67.8% −9.6% vs +10.9% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 107.4 percentage points Trailed |
| 10Y | CAG: down 36.4% S&P 500: up 313.1% −4.4% vs +15.2% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 349.5 percentage points Trailed |
$10,000 invested in CAG 10 years ago (Nov 4, 2016) would be worth about $6,359 at the close on , with dividends reinvested. The same amount in the S&P 500 would be worth about $41,313.
CAG beat the S&P 500 in 2 of 7 periods.
| Period | CAG and S&P 500 | vs S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Short term | ||
| 1M | CAG: up 13.3% S&P 500: down 5.6% | CAG beat the S&P 500 by 18.9 percentage points Beat |
| 3M | CAG: up 2.6% S&P 500: down 4.3% | CAG beat the S&P 500 by 6.9 percentage points Beat |
| YTD | CAG: down 12.0% S&P 500: up 7.8% | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 19.8 percentage points Trailed |
| 1Y | CAG: down 8.7% S&P 500: up 9.7% | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 18.4 percentage points Trailed |
| Long term | ||
| 3Y | CAG: down 44.4% S&P 500: up 68.8% −17.8% vs +19.1% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 113.2 percentage points Trailed |
| 5Y | CAG: down 53.2% S&P 500: up 56.9% −14.1% vs +9.4% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 110.1 percentage points Trailed |
| 10Y | CAG: down 67.3% S&P 500: up 252.6% −10.6% vs +13.4% a year | CAG trailed the S&P 500 by 319.9 percentage points Trailed |
$10,000 invested in CAG 10 years ago (Nov 4, 2016) would be worth about $3,273 at the close on , not counting dividends. The same amount in the S&P 500 would be worth about $35,257.
All-time high
$48.68
Closing high on . Now 68.7% below that record.
Split-adjusted daily closes since Sep 7, 1984.
Stock splits
4
Latest: 2-for-1 on . One share bought before the first split is 9 shares today.
All 4 splits
- 2-for-1
- 3-for-2
- 3-for-2
- 2-for-1
Valuation
The Nov 6 close compared with the last 12 months of reported results (the four quarters to Aug 30, 2026). Tap a metric to see how it’s calculated.
Price-to-earnings (P/E)
n/mDiluted EPS of −$3.98 over the last 12 months
A P/E ratio isn’t meaningful while earnings over the last 12 months are negative. When CAG was profitable over the past five years, its P/E ranged from 7.6× to 42.8×, with a median of 19.0×. How to read P/E
Other valuation measures
- 0.6×Last 12 months’ revenue
Market value divided by revenue over the last 12 months. Useful when earnings are small or negative.
P/S = Market cap ÷ Revenue (last 12 months)Price-to-sales ratio - 1.1×Book value as of Aug 30, 2026
Price relative to accounting equity (book value) per share on the Aug 30, 2026 balance sheet. Asset-light companies often trade far above book value.
P/B = Price ÷ Book value per sharePrice-to-book ratio - 12.68%Last 12 months’ free cash flow
Free cash flow over the last 12 months as a share of the company’s market value: the cash the business generated for each dollar of stock.
FCF yield = Free cash flow (last 12 months) ÷ Market capFree cash flow - $14.68BAt the Nov 6 close
What it would cost to buy the whole business: the market cap at the Nov 6 close, plus debt, minus cash and short-term investments from the Aug 30, 2026 balance sheet.
EV = Market cap + Debt − Cash and short-term investmentsEV/EBITDA explained
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Financials
Reported results, not forecasts. From company filings via Tiingo; the latest report is Q1 FY27, the quarter ended Aug 30, 2026. “Last 12 months” means the four quarters from Aug 25, 2025 to Aug 30, 2026, and balance-sheet figures are as of Aug 30, 2026.
Revenue and net income
Last 12 months, with the change from the 12 months before
- Revenue
- $11.24Bdown 1.8%
- Net income
- −$1.91B
- Diluted EPS
- −$3.98
Data table
| Period | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY25 (Nov 24, 2024) | $3.20B | $284.50M | $0.59 |
| Q3 FY25 (Feb 23, 2025) | $2.84B | $145.10M | $0.30 |
| Q4 FY25 (May 25, 2025) | $2.78B | $256.00M | $0.53 |
| Q1 FY26 (Aug 24, 2025) | $2.63B | $164.50M | $0.34 |
| Q2 FY26 (Nov 23, 2025) | $2.98B | −$663.60M | −$1.39 |
| Q3 FY26 (Feb 22, 2026) | $2.79B | $199.80M | $0.42 |
| Q4 FY26 (May 31, 2026) | $2.88B | −$1.62B | −$3.37 |
| Q1 FY27 (Aug 30, 2026) | $2.60B | $174.30M | $0.36 |
| Period | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY22 (May 29, 2022) | $11.54B | $888.20M | $1.84 |
| FY23 (May 28, 2023) | $12.28B | $683.60M | $1.42 |
| FY24 (May 26, 2024) | $12.05B | $347.20M | $0.72 |
| FY25 (May 25, 2025) | $11.61B | $1.15B | $2.40 |
| FY26 (May 31, 2026) | $11.28B | −$1.92B | −$4.00 |
Margins
- Gross 23.8%
- Operating −14.8%
- Net −17.0%
The percentages above the chart cover the last 12 months; the lines show each quarter. What margins tell you
Cash flow
- $924.70MLast 12 months
Cash from operations minus capital spending: the cash left after the business maintains and grows its assets.
FCF = Operating cash flow − Capital spendingFree cash flow - Operating cash flow$1.28BLast 12 months
- Capital spending$352.60MLast 12 months
- 8.2%Last 12 months
Free cash flow as a share of revenue, both over the last 12 months.
Shareholder returns
- $44.30MLast 12 months
Cash spent repurchasing shares, net of shares issued. Buybacks shrink the share count, so each remaining share owns more of the company.
- Dividends paid$670.10MLast 12 months
- Total returned$714.40MLast 12 months
77% of free cash flow
Balance sheet
- $371.60MAs of Aug 30, 2026
Cash plus short- and long-term marketable securities on the Aug 30, 2026 balance sheet.
- Total debt$7.76BAs of Aug 30, 2026
- Net debt$7.39BAs of Aug 30, 2026
- 1.10As of Aug 30, 2026
Current assets divided by current liabilities on the Aug 30, 2026 balance sheet. Above 1 means short-term assets cover the bills due within a year.
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilitiesCurrent ratio - 1.21As of Aug 30, 2026
Total debt divided by shareholders’ equity on the Aug 30, 2026 balance sheet: a measure of financial leverage.
D/E = Total debt ÷ Shareholders’ equityDebt-to-equity ratio
Financial strength
- 3 of 9Last 12 months
vs the 12 beforeA 0–9 checklist from accounting professor Joseph Piotroski. Each test compares the last 12 months with the 12 months before and scores a point if it passes. 8–9 is strong; 0–2 is weak.
- ✗Net income was positive: not passed
- ✓Operating cash flow was positive: passed
- ✗Return on assets improved: not passed
- ✓Operating cash flow exceeded net income: passed
- ✗Long-term debt fell relative to assets: not passed
- ✓Current ratio improved: passed
- ✗Share count didn’t rise: not passed
- ✗Gross margin improved: not passed
- ✗Asset turnover (revenue ÷ assets) improved: not passed
- −26.3%Last 12 months
Over the last 12 months, Conagra Brands lost money: its net loss was 26.3% of its shareholders’ equity (averaged over the last four quarter-ends). It describes the past year, not an expected return.
ROE = Net income (last 12 months) ÷ Average equityReturn on equity - −10.3%Last 12 months
Over the last 12 months, Conagra Brands’s net loss was 10.3% of its total assets (averaged over the last four quarter-ends).
ROA = Net income (last 12 months) ÷ Average total assets
Dividends
Cash dividends per share by ex-dividend year, adjusted for splits.
Dividends per share
Data table
| Year | Per share |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $11.61 |
| 2017 | $0.83 |
| 2018 | $0.85 |
| 2019 | $0.85 |
| 2020 | $0.91 |
| 2021 | $1.18 |
| 2022 | $1.29 |
| 2023 | $1.36 |
| 2024 | $1.40 |
| 2025 | $1.40 |
| 2026 (to date) | $1.05 |
Dividend details
- $1.05Per share, last 12 months
Cash dividends per share with ex-dividend dates in the last 12 months.
- 6.89%; 5-yr low 2.54%, 5-yr high 11.13%Last 12 months
Dividends paid over the last 12 months as a share of the Nov 6 close. The bar shows where that yield sits in its range over the past five years; the median was 4.77%.
- $0.18Ex-dividend
The most recent payment per share. Shares bought on or after the ex-dividend date don’t receive it.
- FrequencyQuarterly4 payments in the last 12 months
- up 8.9% a yearFull years 2020–2025
The compound annual growth rate of the full-year dividend per share from 2020 to 2025.
About Conagra Brands Inc
Founded in 1921, Utz Quality Foods, LLC. is the largest family‐managed, privately held, salty snack company in the United States, producing a full line of products including potato chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, corn chips, tortillas, veggie stix/straws, popcorn, onion rings, pork skins and more. Its brands, which include Utz ®, Golden Flake ®, Zapp's ®, Dirty ® Potato Chips, Good Health ®, Bachman ®, Bachman Jax ®, Wachusett ®, Snikiddy ®, and Boulder Canyon ®, among others, are distributed nationally and internationally through grocery, mass‐ merchant, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores and other channels. Based in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Utz operates eleven manufacturing facilities located in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Massachusetts as well as 1500+ DSD routes.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Headquarters
- Illinois, USA
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- Exchange
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- Asset type
- Common stock
- Price history since
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What is CAG stock’s price today?
Conagra Brands (CAG) traded at $15.24 at the close on , down $0.27 (1.74%) from the previous close of $15.51. Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $12.53 and $20.32.
If you invested $1,000 in CAG 10 years ago, how much would you have now?
With dividends reinvested, $1,000 invested in CAG on would be worth about $636 at the close on , a total return of −36.4%. The same $1,000 would be worth $604 if invested five years ago, $975 if invested one year ago, $1,595 if invested 20 years ago, and $2,260 if invested 30 years ago. Past performance doesn’t predict future returns.
What is Conagra Brands’s market cap?
Conagra Brands’s market capitalization is about $7.3 billion. That’s Tiingo’s daily market cap for , at that day’s closing price of $15.24 (how market cap works). Conagra Brands reported 478.57M shares outstanding at the end of its latest quarter ().
What is CAG’s P/E ratio?
CAG’s P/E ratio isn’t meaningful right now because its earnings over the four quarters to are negative (diluted EPS of −$3.98). When it was profitable over the past five years, its P/E ranged from 7.6 to 42.8.
How much revenue does Conagra Brands make?
Conagra Brands reported $11.2 billion of revenue over the four quarters to , down 1.8% from the twelve months before. In its latest quarter (Q1 FY27, ended ) revenue was $2.6 billion, down 1.4% from a year earlier.
Is Conagra Brands profitable?
Not over the four quarters to . Conagra Brands reported a net loss of $1.9 billion across those four quarters on $11.2 billion of revenue.
What are CAG’s earnings per share?
CAG’s diluted earnings per share were −$3.98 over the four quarters to , compared with $1.76 in the twelve months before. The latest quarter (Q1 FY27) brought $0.36 per share, against $0.34 a year earlier (how EPS works).
Does CAG pay a dividend?
Yes. Conagra Brands pays a quarterly dividend. The most recent was $0.18 per share, with an ex-dividend date of . Over the last twelve months it paid $1.05 per share, a 6.89% yield at the close (how dividend yield works).
Based on the last 12 months’ payments ($1.05 per share), and if the next 12 months match the last 12, 100 shares would receive about $105 over 12 months, and $1,000 over 12 months would take about 953 shares, roughly $14,524 at the close. Dividends can change.
What is CAG’s 52-week high and low?
Over the past 52 weeks CAG has traded as low as $12.53 and as high as $20.32. At $15.24 at the close on , it is 25.0% below that high and 21.6% above the low.
What is CAG’s all-time high?
CAG’s highest closing price was $48.68 on , adjusted for stock splits. At $15.24 at the close on , it is 68.7% below that record.
Has CAG stock ever split?
Yes, four times: 2-for-1 on ; 3-for-2 on ; 3-for-2 on ; 2-for-1 on . One share bought before the first split would be 9 shares today.
How has CAG stock performed?
Including dividends and measured to the close on , CAG has returned −5.9% so far this year and −2.5% over the past year, and −39.6% over five years (−9.6% a year). Over the same periods the S&P 500, measured by SPY, returned +8.7%, +10.9% and +67.8%. Past performance doesn’t predict future returns.
What sector and industry is Conagra Brands in?
Conagra Brands is in the Consumer Defensive sector and the Packaged Foods industry, and is headquartered in Illinois, USA.
What exchange does CAG trade on?
Conagra Brands trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CAG. Its price history on this dashboard begins on .
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