Lamb Weston Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamb Weston in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Lamb Weston stock.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lamb Weston's shares. Their LW stock forecasts range from $54.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's stock price to reach $67.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%.
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Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $63.38 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LW stock has increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $71.91.
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Lamb Weston saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,620,000 shares, a decline of 26.7% from the April 30th total of 2,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,270,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Lamb Weston is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 27th 2022.
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Lamb Weston will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 27th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 7th. The specialty retailer reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.29. The specialty retailer had revenue of $955 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $972.64 million. Lamb Weston had a net margin of 5.93% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 66.02%. Lamb Weston's revenue was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.45 EPS.
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Lamb Weston announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 6th will be given a dividend of $0.245 per share on Friday, June 3rd. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 5th.
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Lamb Weston(NYSE:LW) pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.42%. Lamb Weston has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Lamb Weston is 61.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lamb Weston will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.51% next year. This indicates that Lamb Weston will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lamb Weston declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, December 17th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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Lamb Weston trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LW."

Lamb Weston's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.14%), BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), State Street Corp (3.62%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.38%), Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. (1.58%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.52%). Company insiders that own Lamb Weston stock include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Gerardo Scheufler, John C Hatto, Michael Jared Smith, Peter J Bensen, Robert A Niblock, Robert A Niblock, Robert Mcnutt, Thomas P Werner and William G Jurgensen.
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LW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, BlackRock Inc., Candlestick Capital Management LP, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lamb Weston company stock in the last two years include Eryk J Spytek, Gerardo Scheufler, John C Hatto, and Thomas P Werner.
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LW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc., National Bank of Canada FI, Clarkston Capital Partners LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, Lombard Odier Asset Management Europe Ltd, Invesco Ltd., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, and 1832 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Lamb Weston stock in the last two years include Peter J Bensen, Robert A Niblock, and William G Jurgensen.
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Shares of LW 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 LW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.91.

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) has a market capitalization of $10.39 billion and generates $3.67 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $317.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.59 on an earnings per share basis.

Lamb Weston employs 7,800 workers across the globe.

Lamb Weston's mailing address is 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID, 83616. The official website for Lamb Weston is www.lambweston.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (208) 938-1047 or via email at [email protected].