NYSE:LWLamb Weston Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $71.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LW stock has decreased by 11.8% and is now trading at $63.01. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE:LW) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $0.77 earnings per share (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 net margin of 12.12% and a return on equity of 342.27%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 earnings per share. View Lamb Weston's earnings history.

Lamb Weston declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 19th. Investors of record on Friday, May 8th will be paid 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 1.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 7th. View Lamb Weston's dividend history.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Lamb Weston's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's stock price to reach $54.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.9%. View analysts' price targets for Lamb Weston.

Media coverage about LW stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lamb Weston earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Lamb Weston.

Lamb Weston saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 shares of the stock are sold short. View Lamb Weston's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Lamb Weston include Lancaster Colony (LANC), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Future Fintech Group (FTFT), Armanino Foods Of Distinction (AMNF) and Barfresh Food Group (BRFH). View all competitors.

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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 investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%), Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%), Cypress Capital Group (0.00%), Everence Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Everence Capital Management Inc., Diversified Trust Co, IBM Retirement Fund, Canandaigua National Corp, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Cypress Capital Group. 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 $63.01.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $9.20 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]