Lamb Weston Stock Forecast, Price & News

Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $71.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LW shares have increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $77.07.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamb Weston in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Lamb Weston stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated Lamb Weston CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Lamb Weston's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Lamb Weston is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 7th 2021.
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LW) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 6th. The specialty retailer reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.04. The specialty retailer had revenue of $896.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $890.13 million. Lamb Weston had a return on equity of 95.26% and a net margin of 8.33%. The firm's revenue was down 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 earnings per share.
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Lamb Weston announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 17th. Investors of record on Friday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.235 per share on Friday, March 5th. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 4th. This is a boost from Lamb Weston's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.19%. Lamb Weston does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Lamb Weston is 36.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lamb Weston will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.29% next year. This indicates that Lamb Weston will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Lamb Weston's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $89.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's stock price to reach $65.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.4%.
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Some companies that are related to Lamb Weston include The Kraft Heinz (KHC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Cuisine Solutions (CUSI), Future FinTech Group (FTFT), Armanino Foods of Distinction (AMNF), Barfresh Food Group (BRFH), Planet Green (PLAG) and Centennial Specialty Foods (CHLE).
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.09%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Lamb Weston stock include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Michael Jared Smith, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Cypress Capital Group, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, Biltmore Wealth Management LLC, Pflug Koory LLC, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lamb Weston company stock in the last year include Eryk J Spytek, Michael Jared Smith, and Thomas P Werner.
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LW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kestra Advisory Services LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Park Avenue Securities LLC, Crescent Capital Consulting LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, and Boston Trust Walden Corp. Company insiders that have bought Lamb Weston stock in the last two years include 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.

One share of LW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.07.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $11.28 billion and generates $3.79 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $365.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.50 on an earnings per share basis. Lamb Weston employs 7,700 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]