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CAG·Conagra Brands, Inc.

$13.45
+0.26 (+1.97%)
After Hours
High
$13.69
Open
$13.23
Market Cap
6.36B
52W High
$20.32
Low
$13.16
P. Close
$13.45
P/E
-
52W Low
$12.53
Fwd P/E
8.65
DailyIQ Est.
-
Inst. Ownership
54.0%
Short Interest
8.54%
Days to Cover
3.7
Technical Score (1D)
0
BEARISH
News Sentiment
51
MIXED
On Oct 6, Conagra Brands, Inc. showcased its $3.3 billion snack portfolio at the 2026 NACS Show in Las Vegas, presenting flagship brands such as Slim Jim, DAVID sunflower seeds, and Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP popcorn. The company highlighted new product innovations on display, emphasizing flavor innovation and consumer favorites as key drivers of business growth. Executives underscored the breadth of Conagra’s offerings and its leadership position in the convenience‑store snack categories. The press release positioned the company as a market leader, reinforcing its presence in the snack sector. The event was reported as a significant display of Conagra’s portfolio and growth strategy.
CAG|Analyst Targets
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Packaged Foods
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Symbol
CAG
Description
Conagra Brands is a leading consumer packaged goods company, primarily serving the U.S. market with a diverse portfolio of food products. The company's core business revolves around providing shelf-stable, refrigerated, and frozen food items to consumers through various retail channels, alongside international sales and foodservice offerings. Conagra's value proposition lies in its broad brand recognition, encompassing well-known names like Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, and Slim Jim, allowing it to capture significant market share. Its competitive advantage stems from its multi-segment approach, catering to diverse consumer preferences and distribution channels, from grocery stores to restaurants. Established in 1919 and headquartered in Chicago, Conagra Brands has a long-standing history in the food industry.
Bought (1Y)
35,000 shares
$511K
Sold (1Y)
142,995 shares
$2.1M
Held Amy CEVP & Chief Admin. Officer
Award/Grant27,776 shares2026-10-01
MARSHALL RUTH ANN-
Award/Grant1,629.42 shares2026-09-01
Bartell CareyEVP, GC and Corp. Secretary
Option Exercise5,481 shares2026-07-24
Bartell CareyEVP, GC and Corp. Secretary
Tax Withholding2,429 shares2026-07-24
Bartell CareyEVP, GC and Corp. Secretary
Option Exercise5,481 shares2026-07-24
44/ 100
Bearish
Overall: Bearish
✕Revenue declining year over year
✕Negative net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Gross Margin
23.9%
Net Margin
-17.0%
Revenue CAGR
0.0%
Current Ratio
0.90x
Debt / Equity
1.14x
Return on Equity
-30.1%
Earnings Summary
Conagra Brands, a leading consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Chicago, specializes in shelf‑stable, refrigerated, and frozen food products for the U.S. market, leveraging well‑known brands such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender’s, and Slim Jim. Operating within the consumer defensive packaged foods sector, the company benefits from diversified distribution channels and a broad brand portfolio that supports stable demand across grocery, foodservice, and international markets. In the most recent fiscal year, Conagra’s Q1 2027 revenue of $2.5959 billion fell 1.4 % YoY, while adjusted EPS rose to $0.41, beating the $0.28 consensus; Q2 2027 guidance remains pending but management cautions that margin pressure may intensify. Comparing the last two quarters (Q3 2026 and Q4 2025) to the preceding two (Q2 2026 and Q3 2025), revenue trended upward from $2.7878 billion to $2.9791 billion, yet EPS displayed a mixed pattern—Q3 2026 EPS of $0.39 fell short of the $0.47 estimate, whereas Q4 2025 EPS of $0.45 surpassed the $0.44 estimate, indicating a recent acceleration in earnings relative to revenue. Historically, Conagra has maintained a YoY revenue growth trajectory of roughly 1–2 % over the past four quarters, with EPS consistently beating estimates in three of the last four periods, underscoring a pattern of disciplined cost management and margin expansion. Recent news highlights a portfolio simplification initiative, including the exit of the Celeste frozen pizza line, and a shift toward higher‑margin categories such as meat snacks and popcorn; these moves are expected to bolster operating margins over the next 12–18 months.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.25$0.32$0.38$0.44$0.50Q3'25Q4'25Q2'26Q3'26Q1'27Q2'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q2'27$0.28 - -
Q1'27$0.28$0.41+44.3%
Q3'26$0.47$0.39-17.3%
Q2'26$0.40$0.45+12.7%
Q4'25$0.44$0.45+3.2%
Q3'25$0.33$0.39+17.4%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$2.5B$2.7B$2.8B$2.9B$3.0BQ3'25Q4'25Q2'26Q3'26Q1'27Q2'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q2'27$3.0B - -
Q1'27$2.6B$2.6B-0.7%
Q3'26$2.9B$2.8B-2.8%
Q2'26$2.8B$3.0B+7.9%
Q4'25 - $3.0B -
Q3'25 - $2.6B -

Market Data

CAG Stock Snapshot

BEARISH0/100
$13.48+$0.03 (0.2%)
Market cap
6.36B
Day range
$13.16 – $13.69
News sentiment
51/100 · Neutral
52-week range+7.6% off low · -33.7% from high
$12.53$20.32
Price $13.48

CAG is on the weaker side of its setup, with little confirmation for a reversal yet. At this size, a single catalyst moves the stock further than it would a larger peer.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into CAG?

CHEAP

At today's price, Conagra Brands, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about -11.1% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 6.56% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 1.3% a year, so the market is asking for 12.3 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis CAG looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-11.1%
Historical FCF CAGR
1.3%
Growth gap
-12.3 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
6.56%
Beta
0.36

Behaviour On Record

What CAG's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
22.9% 59th pct
Below its peak
-68.2%
vs 200-day average
-15.5%
Up days (1y)
45%

Conagra Brands, Inc. is currently running 22.9% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against CAG's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 59th percentile — close to its own typical level, against a typical reading of 21.0%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

CAG is trading -68.2% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -20.8%, and the deepest was -46.2% in 2018. The current drawdown is already deeper than this stock's typical annual low point, which puts it in the part of its range where past recoveries began — and where past declines also continued.

Price sits -15.5% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 12th percentile — a narrower gap than it typically runs. Over the past year CAG closed higher on 45% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.

On October specifically: over 13 years of records, CAG finished the month higher 7 of 13 times, with a median return of +2.1% and an average of -0.4%. Its strongest month historically has been March at +3.2% on average, its weakest June at -1.9%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: CAG has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 63 of 3,267 sessions (1.9% of the time), with the largest gaps running +21.0% and -7.4%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, CAG moved an average of 1.9% in the session after earnings, closing higher 1 of those 3 times, with a median move of -0.7% and a largest of -4.2%.

All figures computed from 3,268 daily closes between 2013-10-07 and 2026-10-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against CAG's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of CAG's sector?

Conagra Brands, Inc. sits in the Consumer Staples sector, currently ranked 7th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (lagging).

Sector rank
#7 of 12
Sector state
Lagging
Sector rotation score
27

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for CAG?

CallsPuts

For Conagra Brands, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-10-09, 3 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.52), with at-the-money implied volatility around 39.8%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±3.6% move by that expiry — a range of about $12.84–$13.80.

Put/call ratio (2026-10-09)
0.52
ATM implied volatility
39.8%
Total open interest
5,360
Expected move by 2026-10-09
±3.6% ($12.84–$13.80)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on CAG?

Barclays most recently reiterated its rating on Conagra Brands, Inc. to Overweight on Oct 2, 2026 with a price target of $16 (from $17). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
Barclays — Overweight
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 2, 2026BarclaysMaintainedOverweight$17 → $16
Oct 1, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedIn-Line$13 → $14
Oct 1, 2026RBC CapitalReiteratedSector Perform$14
Sep 29, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedIn-Line$13 → $13
Sep 18, 2026Deutsche BankMaintainedHold$12 → $13
Sep 14, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedIn-Line$13 → $13
Jul 17, 2026BarclaysMaintainedOverweight$16 → $17
Jul 16, 2026JP MorganMaintainedNeutral$14 → $15
Jul 16, 2026UBSMaintainedNeutral$13 → $14
Jul 16, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedSector Perform$16 → $14
Jul 8, 2026BarclaysMaintainedOverweight$18 → $16
Jun 25, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedSector Perform$17 → $16

News Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment gathered from recent headlines

51/100
Strong NegativeNeutralStrong Positive
MIXED

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Institutional & Hedge Fund Ownership
25 tracked managers · $3.64B combined position · 9 adding, 14 trimming, 2 unchanged (latest 13F filings)
ManagerTrendShares Held% of Co.Position ValueFiled
BlackRock, Inc.▲ Buy79,589,54816.88%$1.07B2026-08-07
Vanguard Group Inc▼ Sell59,498,12612.62%$1.03B2026-01-29
AQR Capital Management LLC▲ Buy20,496,2524.35%$275.88M2026-08-14
Two Sigma Investments, LP▼ Sell13,230,9002.81%$178.09M2026-08-14
Goldman Sachs Group Inc▲ Buy12,447,9972.64%$167.55M2026-08-14
Morgan Stanley▼ Sell11,048,9442.34%$148.72M2026-08-13
Geode Capital Management, LLC▼ Sell8,654,8311.84%$116.52M2026-08-12
Citadel Advisors LLC• Hold7,167,8341.52%$96.48M2026-09-02
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Marshall Wace, LLP▼ Sell4,107,5070.87%$71.10M2026-02-13
Millennium Management LLC▼ Sell5,060,3511.07%$68.11M2026-08-14
Northern Trust Corp▼ Sell3,457,2460.73%$46.53M2026-08-13
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Q2 2026 flow:56.74M sh bought ($763.77M)42.61M sh sold ($574.58M)net +14.13M sh (+$189.18M)
Congressional Trading Activity
23 disclosed trades · ~$208.5K est. traded value · 9 buys, 14 sells
MemberChamberStateTypeAmountTradedFiled
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$15K - $50K2026-06-162026-07-02
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2026-05-152026-06-08
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2026-04-142026-05-08
Alan ArmstrongSenateOK▲ Buy$1K - $15K2026-03-272026-07-21
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2026-03-132026-04-07
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2026-02-102026-03-09
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2026-01-092026-02-13
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-12-192026-01-12
Gary PetersSenateMI▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-11-142025-12-04
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-11-122025-12-15
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-10-092025-11-18
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-09-052025-10-10
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-08-052025-09-12
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-08-042025-09-12
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-07-222025-08-13
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-05-302025-06-06
Rob BresnahanHousePA08▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-04-082025-05-08
Julie JohnsonHouseTX32▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-04-012025-05-14
Rob BresnahanHousePA08▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-02-252025-03-27
Julie JohnsonHouseTX32▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-01-152025-02-12
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateRI▼ Sell$1K - $15K2024-07-302024-08-21
Gary PetersSenateMI▲ Buy$1K - $15K2021-11-292021-12-07
Sheldon WhitehouseSenateRI▼ Sell$1K - $15K2017-03-062017-04-17