Campbell Soup Q1 EPS $1.02 Beats $0.88 Estimate, Sales $2.58B Beat $2.45B Estimate

Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) reported quarterly earnings of $1.02 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.88 by 15.91 percent. This is a 14.61 percent increase over earnings of $0.89 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.58 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.45 billion by 5.10 percent. This is a 15.16 percent increase over sales of $2.24 billion the same period last year.