Lancaster Colony (LANC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lancaster Colony in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LANC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LANC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Lancaster Colony's stock was trading at $197.30 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LANC shares have increased by 0.7% and is now trading at $198.68.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 24th 2023.
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Lancaster Colony Co. (NASDAQ:LANC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 4th. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $464.94 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $443.08 million. Lancaster Colony had a net margin of 7.21% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.13%. Lancaster Colony's revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share.

Lancaster Colony declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 18th. Investors of record on Friday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 8th.
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Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.67%. 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 71.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LANC will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.37% 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.30%), State Street Corp (5.76%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.23%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.17%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (1.97%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.94%). 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 $198.68.

Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) has a market capitalization of $5.47 billion and generates $1.68 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $89.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,200 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.