Analyst Earnings Forecast Scan: Conagra Brands, Inc. (CAG)

The company has its outstanding shares of 407.21 Million. Numeric Investors LLC now owns 3,077,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $110,034,000 after buying an additional 1,321,100 shares during the period. The company has market cap of $15.34 billion. The current trading volume of 2.94 sits 7.82% lower than the past 3 month's readings, indicating near-term traders have been less active toward CAG than usual of late. About 373,348 shares traded. It has underperformed by 26.17% the S&P500. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in ConAgra Foods by 13.9% in the first quarter.

While under theory that management are shareholders, many value investors look for stocks with a high percent of insider ownership, because they will act in its own self interest, as well create shareholder value in the long-term. The company has a market cap of $15.38 Billion. The stock increased 1.64% or $0.61 during the last trading session, reaching $37.77. Given that its average daily volume over the 30 days has been 6.07 million shares a day, this signifies a pretty significant change over the norm.

The analysts offering 12 month price targets for Conagra Brands, Inc. have a median target of $42, with a high estimate of $45 and a low estimate of $33. It has underperformed by 8.31% the S&P500. The Columbus Circle Investors holds 36,110 shares with $3.43 million value, down from 59,715 last quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CAG.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 insider buys, and 2 insider sales for $5.47 million activity. Batcheler Colleen had sold 133,869 shares worth $4.59M on Friday, October 13.

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Investors sentiment increased to 0.99 in Q3 2017. Its down 0.25, from 1.42 in 2017Q2. It increased, as 53 investors sold CAG shares while 197 reduced holdings. 99 funds opened positions while 465 raised stakes. The cost of selling goods last quarter was 1.51 billion, yielding a gross basic income of 658.7 million. Pax Ww Ltd Llc reported 40,000 shares. Conagra Brands's dividend payout ratio is 50.60%. (NYSE:CAG). Panagora Asset Mngmt Inc holds 2.60M shares or 0.35% of its portfolio. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 211,514 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,931,775. Qci Asset has invested 0% in Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG). Hutchin Hill Limited Partnership holds 0.4% or 316,300 shares in its portfolio. Huntington Commercial Bank holds 11,430 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. (NYSE:CAG). Albion Gp Ut accumulated 8,060 shares.

The Piotroski score is a discrete score ranging from 0-9 that shows nine criteria used to find out the strength of a company's financial position. $1.01M worth of Apple Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Performing Well? Tsp Cap Mngmt Gru Limited Liability Co reported 0.44% of its portfolio in Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) for 1,116 shares. Asset Mgmt One Limited has invested 0.09% in Conagra Brands, Inc. Howard Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Conagra Brands in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $8,708,000.

Conagra Brands, Inc. (CAG) exchanged hands at an unexpectedly high level of 4.23 million shares over the course of the day. Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Va reported 0.24% in Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG). Gamble Jones Invest Counsel stated it has 0.04% in Conagra Brands, Inc. Therefore 64% are positive. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Conagra Brands from $38.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, December 30th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group set a $40.00 price objective on Conagra Brands and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, December 25th. Their average price target spell out an upbeat performance - a 11% and would give CAG a market capitalization of almost $17.04B. (NYSE:CAG) earned "Buy" rating by Bank of America on Friday, February 12. The company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $40.95. Conagra Brands Inc has a fifty-two week low of $32.16 and a fifty-two week high of $41.68. (NYSE:CAG) has "Buy" rating given on Wednesday, December 16 by Jefferies. The firm has "Accumulate" rating given on Monday, March 14 by KLR Group. Jefferies maintained the shares of CAG in report on Friday, June 16 with "Buy" rating.

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 21st. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with "Buy" on Wednesday, September 13. (NYSE:CAG) has "Outperform" rating given on Friday, October 14 by RBC Capital Markets.

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