-15.40% percent quarterly performance for Conagra Brands Inc (CAG) is not indicative of the underlying story

Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE: CAG) on Monday, soared 1.84% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $27.24. Within the past 52 weeks, CAG’s price has moved between $26.21 and $33.24.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 4.96%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -3.21%. With a float of $474.64 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $477.27 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 18500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 27.38%, operating margin of 13.9%, and the pretax margin is 3.55%.

Conagra Brands Inc (CAG) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Packaged Foods industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Conagra Brands Inc is 0.55%, while institutional ownership is 87.36%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 13 ’24, was worth 1,211,600. In this transaction EVP & COO of this company sold 40,000 shares at a rate of $30.29, taking the stock ownership to the 161,443 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 13 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 40,000 for $30.29, making the entire transaction worth $1,211,583.

Conagra Brands Inc (CAG) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.73 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.21% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.25% during the next five years compared to -13.83% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE: CAG) Trading Performance Indicators

Conagra Brands Inc (CAG) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.33 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.11. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.05.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.03, a number that is poised to hit 0.68 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.69 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Conagra Brands Inc (CAG)

Looking closely at Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE: CAG), its last 5-days average volume was 4.82 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 4.77 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.38%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.60.

During the past 100 days, Conagra Brands Inc’s (CAG) raw stochastic average was set at 21.76%, which indicates a significant decrease from 59.23% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.84% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 23.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $28.70, while its 200-day Moving Average is $29.70. However, in the short run, Conagra Brands Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $28.12. Second resistance stands at $28.50. The third major resistance level sits at $28.96. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $27.28, it is likely to go to the next support level at $26.83. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $26.45.

Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE: CAG) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 13.24 billion based on 477,273K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 12,051 M and income totals 347,200 K. The company made 2,795 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 466,800 K in sales during its previous quarter.