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. Since then, LW stock has decreased by 19.9% and is now trading at $57.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamb Weston in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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) announced its quarterly 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 analysts' expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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. 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 7th. View Lamb Weston's dividend history.

6 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Lamb Weston's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's stock price to reach $58.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Lamb Weston.

Media coverage about LW stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lamb Weston earned a coverage optimism score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutLamb Weston.

Lamb Weston saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,900,000 shares, an increase of 19.0% from the April 30th total of 4,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 4.1% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.34%), Capital Research Global Investors (8.10%), State Street Corp (4.70%), APG Asset Management N.V. (2.39%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.90%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.72%). 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 Wellington Management Group LLP, APG Asset Management N.V., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Capital International Investors, Wells Fargo & Company MN, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, and UBS Group AG. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, Capital Research Global Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Girard Partners LTD., London Co. of Virginia, and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 $57.22.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $8.36 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]