Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5 . Market for Registrant’s Capital Stock, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market for Registrant’s Capital Stock
Our capital stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol "CPB." On September 10, 2025, there were 13,902 holders of record of our capital stock.
Return to Shareholders * Performance Graph
The information contained in this Return to Shareholders Performance Graph section shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or "filed" or incorporated by reference in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), except to the extent we specifically incorporate it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or the Exchange Act.
The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return (TSR) on our stock with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (the S&P 500) and the Standard & Poor’s Packaged Foods Index (the S&P Packaged Foods Group). The graph assumes that $100 was invested on July 31, 2020, in each of our stock, the S&P 500 and the S&P Packaged Foods Group, and that all dividends were reinvested. The total cumulative dollar returns shown on the graph represent the value that such investments would have had on August 3, 2025.
* Stock appreciation plus dividend reinvestment.
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Campbell 100 91 106 102 107 77
S&P 500 100 136 130 147 177 205
S&P Packaged Foods Group 100 107 121 127 114 107
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid
Per Share (2)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs (3)
Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that may yet
be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs
($ in Millions) (3)
4/28/25 - 5/30/25 — $ — — $ 501
6/2/25 - 6/30/25 55,956 $ 33.44 55,956 $ 499
7/1/25 - 8/1/25 — $ — — $ 499
Total 55,956 $ 33.44 55,956 $ 499
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(1) Shares purchased are as of the trade date.
(2) Average price paid per share is calculated on a settlement basis and excludes commission and excise tax. As of January 1, 2023, our share repurchases in excess of issuances are subject to a 1% excise tax enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act. Any excise tax incurred is recognized as part of the cost basis of the shares acquired in the Consolidated Statements of Equity.
(3) In September 2021, the Board approved a strategic share repurchase program of up to $ 500 million (September 2021 program). The September 2021 program has no expiration date, but it may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Repurchases under the September 2021 program may be made in open-market or privately negotiated transactions. In September 2024, the Board authorized an anti-dilutive share repurchase program of up to $250 million (September 2024 program) to offset the impact of dilution from shares issued under our stock compensation programs. The September 2024 program has no expiration date, but it may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Repurchases under the September 2024 program may be made in open-market or privately negotiated transactions . The September 2024 program replaced an anti-dilutive share repurchase program of up to $250 million that was approved by the Board in June 2021 and has been terminated.
Item 6. Reserved