ConAgra Brands, Inc. (CAG) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.46: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Conagra Brands is a North American branded food company operating across Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments, with brands including Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Reddi-wip, and Slim Jim. Walmart and its affiliates accounted... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.46: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 51. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, earnings proximity 34d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-12Recent Developments — ConAgra Brands, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Evercore ISI Group Maintains In-Line on Conagra Brands, Lowers Price Target to $13 — benzinga Jun 10, 2026 negative
- NEWS JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Conagra Brands, Lowers Price Target to $14 — benzinga Jun 5, 2026 negative
- NEWS Bernstein Downgrades Conagra Brands to Underperform, Lowers Price Target to $12 — benzinga Jun 3, 2026 negative
- NEWS Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Consumer Staples Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields — benzinga Jun 3, 2026 neutral
- NEWS UBS Maintains Neutral on Conagra Brands, Lowers Price Target to $13 — benzinga Jun 2, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerWalmart29%10-K Item 1: 'Our largest customer, Walmart, Inc. and its affiliates, accounted for approximately 29% of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-13Item 5.02MEDIUMJohn Brase appointed President and CEO effective June 1, 2026, succeeding current CEO Sean Connolly. Brase previously served as President and COO of J.M. Smucker (April 2025–February 2026) and before that spent ~30 years at P&G. No reason for Connolly's departure cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -0.4%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $13.46: Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 51. Prior stop was $12.67. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.02 (+4.2% upside). Prior stop was $12.67. Stop-loss: $12.67.
Target reached (-0.4% upside); Quality below floor (2.3 < 4.0).
ConAgra Brands, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 8.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover CAG with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $15.
What does ConAgra Brands, Inc. do?Conagra Brands is a North American branded food company operating across Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen,...
Conagra Brands is a North American branded food company operating across Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments, with brands including Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Reddi-wip, and Slim Jim. Walmart and its affiliates accounted for approximately 29% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025; the company employed approximately 18,300 people as of May 25, 2025.