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CONAGRA FOODS INC (NYSE)
CAG 22.47 -0.09 (-0.40%) Vol.  602,013 10:58 ET

Day Low - High 22.34 - 22.60
52wk Low - High 13.52 - 22.84
Avg Volume 3,662,457
Industry FOOD-MISC/DIVERSIFIED
Market Cap 9.99 B
Div - Yield 0.80 - 3.55
PE (forward) 13.31
PEG Ratio 1.66
Current Year Est. 1.7
EPS Last Year 1.62
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#3 Hold 7.53%
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#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.58
ABR (Last Week) 2.58
# of Recs in ABR 12
Average Target Price 23.89
Industry Rank by ABR 28 out of 217
Rank in Industry 38 out of 43
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR CAG
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Oct 22, 2009
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Oct 19, 2009
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Oct 06, 2009
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Oct 01, 2009
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Sep 25, 2009
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NEWS
ConAgra Foods (CAG) NewsBite - CAG Hits 52-Week High
Nov 23, 2009
ConAgra Foods' Kid Cuisine(R) Brand Launches Integrated Marketing Promotion with 'Planet 51(TM)' Animated Movie
Nov 19, 2009
Sandra Lee and ConAgra Foods Foundation Join Forces to Recognize Champions Against Child Hunger
Nov 18, 2009
ACSI: Consumers Find Comfort in Sweets; Smokers Fume over Cigarette Prices
Nov 17, 2009
Crown Equity Holdings, Inc.: CRWENews Highlights: MBTG, LLL, CAG, CEXI
Nov 16, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
11/2009
Next Quarter
02/2010
This Year
05/2010
Next Year
05/2011
Average Estimate 0.47 0.43 1.70 1.83
Number of Estimates 11 10 11 8
Low Estimates 0.44 0.42 1.68 1.78
High Estimate 0.49 0.45 1.72 1.86
Year Ago EPS 0.43 0.40 1.50 1.70
EPS Growth 8.88% 8.00% 13.03% 7.94%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
ConAgra Foods has transformed itself into an industry-leading, branded, and value-added food company. ConAgra Foods recently announced its realignment from three operating channels to two, with the previous ConAgra Foodservice merging with ConAgra Food Ingredients to form ConAgra Foods Commercial Products. These two primary business segments, Consumer Foods and Commercial Products, make us the right kind of food company to satisfy the needs of customers and consumers.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.62
Sales 12731.2
Net Income 701.9
Price/Earnings 13.93
Price/Book 2.08
Price/Cash Flow 10.07
Price/Sales .79


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