Lancaster Colony (LANC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lancaster Colony in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" LANC shares.
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1 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Lancaster Colony's stock. Their LANC share price forecasts range from $226.00 to $226.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $226.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.6% from the stock's current price.
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Lancaster Colony's stock was trading at $197.30 at the start of the year. Since then, LANC shares have decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $166.70.
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Lancaster Colony saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 622,200 shares, a decrease of 13.4% from the August 15th total of 718,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 155,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 3.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Lancaster Colony Co. (NASDAQ:LANC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 23rd. The company reported $1.03 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.26. The business earned $454.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $481.13 million. Lancaster Colony had a net margin of 6.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.35 EPS.

Lancaster Colony declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 7th.
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Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 60 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 84.37%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, LANC will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated Lancaster Colony Chief Executive Officer Jay Gerlach Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Jay Gerlach Jr. has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Jay Gerlach Jr. in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Lancaster Colony trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LANC."

Lancaster Colony's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.81%), State Street Corp (5.16%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.22%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.36%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (2.01%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.96%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan F Harris, David Alan Ciesinski, David S Nagle, John B Gerlach Jr, K Pigott Thomas and Kristin Bird.
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Shares of LANC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LANC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $166.70.

Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion and generates $1.82 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $111.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,400 workers across the globe.

Lancaster Colony's mailing address is 380 POLARIS PARKWAY SUITE 400, WESTERVILLE OH, 43082. The official website for the company is www.lancastercolony.com. The company can be reached via phone at (614) 224-7141, via email at ir@lancastercolony.com, or via fax at 614-469-8219.