Lamb Weston (LW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. produces, distributes, and markets frozen potato products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Global, Foodservice, Retail, and Other. It offers frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as under various customer labels. The company also provides its products under its owned or licensed brands, such as Grown in Idaho and Alexia, and other licensed brands, as well as under retailers' own brands. In addition, it engages in the vegetable and dairy businesses. The company sells its products through a network of internal sales personnel and independent brokers, agents, and distributors to chain restaurants, wholesale, grocery, mass merchants, club and specialty retailers, businesses, educational institutions, independent restaurants, regional chain restaurants, and convenience stores. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.94 to $57.03
• 50-Day Range: $48.01 to $60.87
• 52-Week Range: $47.87 to $83.98
• Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.70 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.67
• Dividend Yield: 2.60%
• Price Target: $65.30
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lamb Weston Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lamb Weston scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 21st out of 146 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lamb Weston has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.30, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lamb Weston has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lamb Weston are expected to grow by 17.42% in the coming year, from $3.10 to $3.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lamb Weston is 22.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.44.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lamb Weston is 22.67, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 18.72.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Lamb Weston has a PEG Ratio of 2.36. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lamb Weston has a P/B Ratio of 4.62. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.86% of the float of Lamb Weston has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lamb Weston has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lamb Weston has recently decreased by 1.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Lamb Weston pays a meaningful dividend of 2.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Lamb Weston has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Lamb Weston is 58.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Lamb Weston will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.66% next year. This indicates that Lamb Weston will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.16

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.86% of the float of Lamb Weston has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lamb Weston has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lamb Weston has recently decreased by 1.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.35

News Sentiment

Lamb Weston has a news sentiment score of 1.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.90 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Lamb Weston this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for LW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -69% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Lamb Weston to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lamb Weston insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.29% of the stock of Lamb Weston is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.56% of the stock of Lamb Weston is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LW shares performed this year?

Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $66.83 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, LW stock has decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $56.8890.

How were Lamb Weston's earnings last quarter?

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.23. Lamb Weston's revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Lamb Weston doing a stock buyback?

Lamb Weston's Board of Directors authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 11th 2023, which permits the company to buy back $500,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Who are Lamb Weston's major shareholders?

Lamb Weston's top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.16%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.53%), Clarkston Capital Partners LLC (2.44%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael Jared Smith, Sharon L Miller, Robert A Niblock, Bernadette M Madarieta, Charles A Blixt, Gregory W Jones and Eryk J Spytek.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Lamb Weston?

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

What other stocks do shareholders of Lamb Weston own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Lamb Weston investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ServiceNow (NOW), Adobe (ADBE) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/30 Dividend: 5/02/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend: 5/02/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/30/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/23/2025
• Record date for 8/29 Dividend: 8/01/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/29 Dividend: 8/01/2025
• Today: 8/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/29/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/07/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: FOOD - MISC/DIVERSIFIED
• Sub-Industry: Food Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LW
• CIK: 1679273
• Web: www.lambweston.com
• Phone: (208) 938-1047
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,100
• Year Founded: 1950

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lamb Weston: $65.30
• High Price Target: $85.00
• Low Price Target: $56.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.30
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.35
• P/E Growth: 2.36
• Net Income: $357.20 million
• Net Margins: 5.54%
• Pretax Margin: 7.52%
• Return on Equity: 27.99%
• Return on Assets: 6.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.12
• Current Ratio: 1.38
• Quick Ratio: 0.68

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.45 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.23
• Cash Flow: $6.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.08
• Book Value: $12.31 per share
• Price / Book: 4.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 139,350,000
• Free Float: 138,951,000
• Market Cap: $7.93 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.49