Campbell Soup Co. vs Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Campbell Soup Co. trades at $22.72 (market cap $6.78B), while Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $53.3. The key difference: Campbell Soup Co. pays a 6.87% dividend while Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Campbell Soup Co. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CPB | XLB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.78B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $34.03 | $53.62 |
52-Week Low | $20.00 | $42.23 |
Enterprise Value | $13.38B | — |
Dividend Yield | 6.87% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
With a history that dates back around 150 years, Campbell Soup is now a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded convenience food products, most notably soup. The firm's product assortment includes well-known brands like Campbell's, Pace, Prego, Swanson, V8, and Pepperidge Farm. Following the sale of its international snacking operations, which wrapped in calendar 2019, the firm derives nearly all of its sales from its home turf. Campbell has made a handful of acquisitions to reshape its product mix the past few years, including the tie-up with Snyder's-Lance (completed in March 2018), which enhances its exposure to the faster-growing on-trend snack food aisle, complementing its Pepperidge Farm lineup.
Read more on CPB →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals and mining; paper and forest products; containers and packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.
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