NASDAQ:LANCLancaster Colony Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lancaster Colony's stock was trading at $144.38 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LANC shares have increased by 14.6% and is now trading at $165.51. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lancaster Colony in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lancaster Colony.

Lancaster Colony is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lancaster Colony.

Lancaster Colony Corp. (NASDAQ:LANC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.09. The business earned $321.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $313.90 million. Lancaster Colony had a net margin of 10.44% and a return on equity of 17.94%. Lancaster Colony's revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.11 EPS. View Lancaster Colony's earnings history.

Lancaster Colony announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 8th. View Lancaster Colony's dividend history.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Lancaster Colony's stock. Their forecasts range from $154.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate Lancaster Colony's share price to reach $157.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%. View analysts' price targets for Lancaster Colony.

News headlines about LANC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lancaster Colony earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutLancaster Colony.

Lancaster Colony saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,500,000 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the April 15th total of 1,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 189,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.9 days. Approximately 8.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Lancaster Colony's Current Options Chain.

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

Lancaster Colony's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.28%), State Street Corp (5.51%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.49%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (1.77%), Invesco Ltd. (1.23%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%). Company insiders that own Lancaster Colony stock include Douglas A Fell, Neeli Bendapudi and Timothy A Tate. View institutional ownership trends for Lancaster Colony.

LANC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., State Street Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, BlackRock Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Acadian Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Lancaster Colony.

LANC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, and Aperio Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Lancaster Colony.

Shares of LANC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LANC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $165.51.

Lancaster Colony has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion and generates $1.31 billion in revenue each year. Lancaster Colony employs 3,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lancaster Colony is www.lancastercolony.com.

Lancaster Colony's mailing address is 380 POLARIS PARKWAY SUITE 400, WESTERVILLE OH, 43082. The company can be reached via phone at 614-224-7141 or via email at [email protected]