Conagra Brands Past Earnings Performance

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Conagra Brands's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -9.5%, while the Food industry saw earnings growing at 9.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.6% per year. Conagra Brands's return on equity is 5.6%, and it has net margins of 4.1%.

Key information

-9.5%

Earnings growth rate

-9.1%

EPS growth rate

Food Industry Growth16.0%
Revenue growth rate2.6%
Return on equity5.6%
Net Margin4.1%
Last Earnings Update24 Nov 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Conagra Brands: Still A Buy For Income

Dec 20

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.35

Dec 15
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.35

Conagra Brands: 11% FCF Yield, Attractive At A 10-11x P/E Heading Into Earnings

Dec 11

What You Can Learn From Conagra Brands, Inc.'s (NYSE:CAG) P/E

Nov 17
What You Can Learn From Conagra Brands, Inc.'s (NYSE:CAG) P/E

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital

Oct 16
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital

Is Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Trading At A 49% Discount?

Oct 03
Is Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Trading At A 49% Discount?

Conagra: Keeping My Expectations Low Ahead Of Earnings

Sep 30

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Sep 18
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Conagra Brands: Positive Valuation But With Some Risks

Aug 30

The Price Is Right For Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG)

Aug 06
The Price Is Right For Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG)

Conagra Brands: Still Looks Like An Attractive Value Play

Aug 01

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.35

Jul 15
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.35

We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG)

Jul 11
We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG)

Conagra: The Company's Upside Remains Elevated Going Into Q4

Jul 09

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Shares Could Be 22% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Jun 26
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) Shares Could Be 22% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Here's Why Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Jun 11
Here's Why Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Conagra Brands: Improving Outlook And Discounted Valuation

Jun 03

Conagra Brands: Offering A Secure And Growing Dividend

Apr 24

Conagra: Not Too Old To Make My Dividend Stock List, Buy Rating

Apr 12

Conagra Brands' (NYSE:CAG) Earnings Offer More Than Meets The Eye

Apr 11
Conagra Brands' (NYSE:CAG) Earnings Offer More Than Meets The Eye

Earnings Tell The Story For Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG)

Apr 05
Earnings Tell The Story For Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG)

Conagra Q3 Earnings Preview: A Focus On Frozen Foods And Volume Improvement

Apr 01

Returns At Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Are On The Way Up

Mar 18
Returns At Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Are On The Way Up

Conagra Brands: A Strong Dividend Performer Poised For Growth

Mar 10

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Feb 11
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

Conagra Brands: Value-Priced Dividend Play

Jan 23

Conagra Brands Q2 Earnings: Positive Volume Trends Despite Top Line Pressure

Jan 04

Conagra: Frozen In Value Range

Dec 23

Why Conagra Is A Top-Tier Value Play For 2024 And Beyond

Nov 20

Conagra: Buy Alert For Dividend, Defensive And Value Investors

Oct 23

Conagra's Selloff Opened Up A Good Buying Opportunity

Oct 16

Conagra Brands: If Only Cheap Were Enough Of A Reason

Sep 25

Conagra Brands: The Parts Are Worth More Than The Whole

Sep 14

Conagra: Growing Dividends And Market Share

Aug 17

Conagra: Attractive Valuation For This Dividend Grower

Jul 27

Conagra: Cautiously Reconsider This Stock (Rating Upgrade)

Jul 09

Conagra: Our Investment Thesis Became Less Bullish, Rating Downgrade

Jun 23

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Conagra Brands makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:CAG Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
24 Nov 2411,9294931,3900
25 Aug 2411,9424941,4180
26 May 2412,0513471,4030
25 Feb 2412,1189521,3760
26 Nov 2312,1729851,3940
27 Aug 2312,2771,0811,3820
28 May 2312,2776841,3860
26 Feb 2312,2148051,2770
27 Nov 2212,0416821,2190
28 Aug 2211,7875751,1680
29 May 2211,5368881,2170
27 Feb 2211,3651,0391,2100
28 Nov 2111,2231,1021,2040
29 Aug 2111,1591,2051,2070
30 May 2111,1851,2991,2580
28 Feb 2111,7331,1911,3010
29 Nov 2011,5171,1141,2970
30 Aug 2011,3439951,2840
31 May 2011,0548401,6130
23 Feb 2010,3807651,2010
24 Nov 1910,5328031,1710
25 Aug 1910,0956761,1450
26 May 199,5386801,3490
24 Feb 198,8916241,0410
25 Nov 188,1797301,1020
26 Aug 187,9698201,1210
27 May 187,9387941,0820
25 Feb 187,8348771,1280
26 Nov 177,8217081,1540
27 Aug 177,7365951,2150
28 May 177,8275371,0460
26 Feb 178,0182631,4130
27 Nov 168,2361501,4470
28 Aug 168,5071151,4470
29 May 168,6641131,7370
28 Feb 169,7374651,4630
29 Nov 1510,4456091,4260
30 Aug 1511,2277451,4600
31 May 159,0344381,3280
22 Feb 1512,7711161,5530
23 Nov 1413,8111281,6950
24 Aug 1414,8911241,8230
25 May 1411,8386121,6030
23 Feb 1416,4487512,0370

Quality Earnings: CAG has a large one-off loss of $1.2B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 24th November, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: CAG's current net profit margins (4.1%) are lower than last year (8.1%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: CAG's earnings have declined by 9.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: CAG's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: CAG had negative earnings growth (-50.1%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Food industry average (1.2%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: CAG's Return on Equity (5.6%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 05:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/11/24
Annual Earnings2024/05/26

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Conagra Brands, Inc. is covered by 34 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Andrew LazarBarclays
Donald McLeeBerenberg