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 shares have decreased by 10.7% and is now trading at $63.80. 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.15. The specialty retailer earned $937.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $953.62 million. Lamb Weston had a return on equity of 342.27% and a net margin of 12.12%. Lamb Weston's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. View Lamb Weston's earnings history.

Lamb Weston announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 19th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 7th. View Lamb Weston's dividend history.

5 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Lamb Weston's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Lamb Weston's share price to reach $54.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.0%. View analysts' price targets for Lamb Weston.

News stories about LW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lamb Weston earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company'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 daily trading volume, of 1,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.18%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%), Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%) and Cypress Capital Group (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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Wesbanco Bank Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lamb Weston company stock in the last year include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Michael Jared Smith, and Robert Mcnutt. View insider buying and selling activity for Lamb Weston.

LW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Biltmore Wealth Management LLC, Everence Capital Management Inc., Diversified Trust Co, IBM Retirement Fund, Canandaigua National Corp, and Mount Yale Investment Advisors 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 $63.80.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $9.32 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]