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CPB · Q4 2025

CPB · Q3 2025 Earnings

Cautious

Campbell's Company (The)

Reported June 2, 2025

30-second summary

Reported revenue grew 4% to $2.48B but organic sales rose just 1%, with Snacks down 5% organic offsetting a 6% lift in Meals & Beverages (boosted by the Sovos acquisition). Management reaffirmed FY25 adjusted EPS of $2.95–$3.05 but flagged the low end of the range and called out an incremental $0.03–$0.05 tariff headwind not previously in the guide. The Snacks portfolio — the higher-multiple half of the business — is the problem, and the print does nothing to suggest a near-term inflection.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q3 FY2025

$0.73

Revenue

Q3 FY2025

$2.48B

+4.0% YoY

Gross margin

Q3 FY2025

29.4%

Operating margin

Q3 FY2025

6.5%

Key financials

Q3 FY2025
MetricQ3 FY2025YoY
Revenue$2.48B+4.0%
EPS$0.73—
Gross margin29.4%—
Operating margin6.5%—

Guidance

Prior quarter data unavailable — comparison not possible.

Segment performance

Q3 FY2025
SegmentQ3 FY2025YoY
Meals & Beverages$1.463B+6.0%
Snacks$1.012B-5.0%

Platform metrics

Q3 FY2025
SegmentQ3 FY2025
Organic Net Sales Growth1%
Cost Savings Program Delivered YTD$110 million of $250 million

Profitability

Q3 FY2025
SegmentQ3 FY2025
Adjusted EBIT$362 million
Adjusted Gross Profit Margin30.1%
Operating Cash Flow (9M)$872 million

Other KPIs

Q3 FY2025
SegmentQ3 FY2025
Shareholder Returns (YTD)$403 million

Management tone

No earnings call transcript was available for this quarter at the time of writing; tone analysis is deferred. The press-release language itself is notable in two respects: management explicitly guided to the low end of both adjusted EBIT and adjusted EPS ranges rather than reaffirming the midpoint, and separately disclosed an incremental tariff headwind of up to $0.03–$0.05 per share. Reaffirming a range while simultaneously narrowing expectations to the bottom of it is, in practice, a soft cut.

What to watch into next quarter

Snacks organic trajectory — whether the -5% reported decline narrows or worsens in Q4. A second consecutive mid-single-digit decline would force a structural conversation about the Snacks portfolio's growth algorithm.

Q4 adjusted EPS print vs. low end of $2.95–$3.05 FY range — implies a specific Q4 number given 9M results; watch whether tariffs push the actual below the implied low-end Q4 figure.

Tariff headwind containment — whether the $0.03–$0.05/share incremental impact stays within that band or expands as the policy environment evolves.

Cost savings program execution — $140M remaining of the $250M target; watch for any pull-forward or slippage signal in the Q4 release.

Meals & Beverages organic ex-Sovos — to gauge whether the +6% reported is genuinely a healthy base business or almost entirely acquisition-driven.

Sources

  1. Campbell's Company Q3 FY2025 press release (Exhibit 99.1, Form 8-K): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16732/000001673225000063/exhibit991-q32025.htm

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