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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Food Products · CIK 0000023217
$15.07
+7.34% · live
Updated
$7.21B market value
From CONAGRA BRANDS INC.'s FY2026 10-K, filed Jul 15, 2026 · read the filing
CONAGRA BRANDS makes food and drink. It took in $11.28B last year, which makes it a large company. It spends more than it earns — losing about 17 cents on every dollar of sales.
The financial picture is led by accounting, while profitability, growth and debt remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
A published bankruptcy-risk model places it in its distress range. This is a statistical reading, not a forecast.
Altman Z-Score 1.06
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
Several areas of financial weakness.
From CONAGRA BRANDS INC.'s FY2026 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2026
Operating income
$1.36B → -$1.63B
Profit
$1.15B → -$1.92B
Operating margin
11.8% → -14.4%
Profit margin
9.9% → -17.0%
Measured against FY2025, from the 10-K filed Jul 15, 2026
Deteriorated: turned negative
$1.36B to -$1.63BCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$1.15B to -$1.92BCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote live), and what was published around it
CAG rose 7.34% on the latest quote. The average Consumer Staples company tracked here moved +3.94%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 3.4 points above its sector and 8.4 points above the market.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
The growth rate someone buying today is paying for, against what the company has delivered
At today's price, the market is paying for free cash flow to grow by about 1% a year for the next 10 years. Over the last 10 years it shrank by about 0% a year.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
No. It lost $1.92B last year, losing about 17 cents on every dollar of sales.
No. Sales shrank 2.9% last year.
Manageable, but notable. Clearing its debt would take about 5.0 years of cash flow. For every $1 it owes, it owns $1.58 in assets. A bankruptcy-risk model also places it in its distress range.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It paid a dividend while making a loss, so the payment did not come out of profits — it came from reserves, borrowing or asset sales. It paid out 48% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 12 years.
WeakNext payment expected around , projected from how regularly it has paid before rather than from a date the company has announced.
Figures from the FY2026 annual filing
Last year it lost $1.92B and generated $1.40B of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202610-K · Jul 15, 2026Filing for FY2026 | FY202510-K · Jul 10, 2025Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Jul 10, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Jul 10, 2025Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Jul 13, 2023Filing for FY2022 | ChangeFY2026 vs FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $11.28B | $11.61B | $12.05B | $12.28B | $11.54B | −2.9% |
| Cost of revenue | $8.58B | $8.61B | $8.72B | $9.01B | $8.70B | −0.3% |
| Gross profit | $2.70B | $3.00B | $3.33B | $3.26B | $2.84B† | −10.2% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 23.9% | 25.9% | 27.7% | 26.6% | 24.6% | −1.9 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $1.44B | $1.54B | $1.49B | $1.43B | $1.49B | −6.4% |
| Operating income | -$1.63B | $1.36B | $852.8M | $1.08B | $1.59B | n/m |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -14.4% | 11.8% | 7.1% | 8.8% | 13.8% | −26.2 pts |
| Income before tax | -$1.82B | $1.16B | $610.2M | $901.9M | $1.18B | n/m |
| Net income | -$1.92B | $1.15B | $347.2M | $683.6M | $888.2M | n/m |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -17.0% | 9.9% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 7.7% | −26.9 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $-4.00 | $2.41 | $0.726 | $1.43 | $1.85 | n/m |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAGCONAGRA BRANDS INC. · this page | 4.0/10 | 5/9 | -2.9% |
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Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Was granted or awarded shares — 1,629 shares at $16.11 ($26.2K)
Holds 228,914 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 2,698 shares
Holds 6,665 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Quarterly report for Q1 FY2027
Operating margin −2.9 pts · Free cash flow $101.7M wider · Cash -46.8% — against Q1 FY2026
Read the filingPublished results
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
The 11 subsidiaries named in its 10-K, incorporated across 3 places. A filer lists the significant ones and may leave the rest out, so this is the floor rather than the full count.
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from CAG's 10-K for fiscal year 2026 (period ending 2026-05-31, filed Jul 15, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
4 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. All four had enough reported figures. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4.0 | 5/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 15, 2026 |
| FY2025 | 6.0 | 6/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 10, 2025 |
| FY2024 | 6.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 11, 2024 |
| FY2023 | 6.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 13, 2023 |
| FY2022 | 6.0 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 21, 2022 |
| FY2021 | 8.0 | 8/9 | 10-K, filed Jul 23, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
5 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
1.06
In the distress zone
For this model, above 2.99 is safe and below 1.81 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
-3.53
Below the threshold — nothing unusual flagged
Scores above -1.78 are the ones the model associates with earnings manipulation.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2026 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: −26.2 pts
11.8% to -14.4%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −26.9 pts
9.9% to -17.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$2.41 to -$4.00Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +220.6%
$68.0M to $218.0MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -24.9%
$1.30B to $978.7MSignificant
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: -10.2%
$3.00B to $2.70BNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: −1.9 pts
25.9% to 23.9%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Changed: +8.8%
$389.3M to $423.4MNotable
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Q1 FY2027 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Sep 30, 2026 — read it.
Deteriorated: $101.7M wider
-$26.2M to -$127.9MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: -46.8%
$698.1M to $371.6MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: -22.7%
$347.4M to $268.4MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Changed: -15.7%
$146.8M to $123.7MSignificant
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Improved: +6.0%
$164.5M to $174.3MNotable
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −2.9 pts
13.2% to 10.3%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +6.2%
$0.34 to $0.37Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: -6.2%
$8.24B to $7.73BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
4 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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Discounted at 8%–10% a year, with growth settling to 2.5% after 10 years. Those rates are ordinary choices, not measurements: across that range the assumed growth works out between -1% and 3%. This describes what the price implies — it is not a forecast, and not a view on whether the price is right.
Opinions from 25 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 25 analysts publishing on this company, 1 say buy, 14 say hold, 8 say sell and 2 say strong sell. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
Measured on and published about a week later — this is a fortnightly snapshot, not a live position.
About 8.2% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
Trailing P/E is not meaningful because the latest trailing earnings are zero or negative. The price-to-book and price-to-sales figures below still provide reference points.
Nothing unusual. Its accounting patterns look like those of companies that report earnings straightforwardly.
| -17.0% |
| — |
| 1.72x |
| SJMJ M SMUCKER Co | 5.0/10 | 6/9 | 3.7% | -1.5% | — | 1.93x |
|---|
| HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ | 8.0/10 | 6/9 | 1.6% | 4.0% | 24.57x | 0.70x |
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| CPBCAMPBELL'S Co | 5.0/10 | 6/9 | -5.0% | 4.1% | 15.73x | 2.98x |
|---|
| Median of peers | 5.0/10 | — | 1.6% | 4.0% | 20.15x | 1.93x |
|---|
Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 1,196 shares at $14.77 ($17.7K)
Holds 5,469 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 11,419 shares
Holds 275,313 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 3,346 shares at $14.77 ($49.4K)
Holds 271,967 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 34,257 shares
Holds 66,664 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 4,568 shares
Holds 71,232 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 7,308 shares
Holds 78,540 shares after this filing.
Had shares withheld to cover taxes — 20,438 shares at $14.77 ($301.9K)
Holds 58,102 shares after this filing.
Estimated from how often this has happened before, not a confirmed date.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Held a shareholder vote
Proxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation · Reported another event
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2026
Operating margin −26.2 pts · Operating income turned negative · Profit turned negative — against FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingAmended its charter or changed its financial year
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2026
Operating margin +1.6 pts · Operating income +17.0% · Profit +37.7% — against Q3 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue -6.8% · Operating margin −32.7 pts · Operating income turned negative — against Q2 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Revenue -5.8% · Operating margin −1.2 pts · Profit -64.8% — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingSource: Exhibit 21 of the 10-K filed 2026-07-15. These are legal entities, not brands or acquisitions — a company that bought a business may hold it inside an entity named here, or inside one small enough that the rule does not require naming it at all.
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