NYSE:LWLamb Weston Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $71.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LW stock has decreased by 11.2% and is now trading at $63.46. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamb Weston in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lamb Weston.

Lamb Weston is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lamb Weston.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.15. The specialty retailer earned $937.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $953.62 million. Lamb Weston had a return on equity of 342.27% and a net margin of 12.12%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.95 earnings per share. View Lamb Weston's earnings history.

Lamb Weston declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 8th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 7th. View Lamb Weston's dividend history.

5 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Lamb Weston's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's share price to reach $54.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.5%. View analysts' price targets for Lamb Weston.

Headlines about LW stock have trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lamb Weston earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Lamb Weston.

Lamb Weston saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,960,000 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the May 31st total of 6,280,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Lamb Weston's Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Lamb Weston stock include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Michael Jared Smith, Robert Mcnutt and William G Jurgensen. View institutional ownership trends for Lamb Weston.

LW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Lamb Weston.

Shares of LW 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 LW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.46.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $9.27 billion and generates $3.76 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $467.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.22 on an earnings per share basis. Lamb Weston employs 7,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lamb Weston is www.lambweston.com.

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