Lamb Weston Stock Forecast, Price & News

Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $71.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LW shares have increased by 6.4% and is now trading at $75.97.
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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."
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Lamb Weston is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 1st 2021.
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LW) released its earnings results on Monday, October, 12th. The specialty retailer reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.31. The specialty retailer earned $871.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $873.60 million. Lamb Weston had a return on equity of 130.91% and a net margin of 9.24%. Lamb Weston's revenue for the quarter was down 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share.
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Lamb Weston announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 6th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, December 4th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 5th.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Lamb Weston's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Lamb Weston's stock price to reach $58.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.1%.
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Lamb Weston saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,000,000 shares, a decline of 13.2% from the October 15th total of 4,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 995,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.0 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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), 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.68%), State Street Corp (4.36%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.04%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.96%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.90%) and William Blair Investment Management LLC (0.86%). Company insiders that own Lamb Weston stock include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Michael Jared Smith, Robert A Niblock, Robert Mcnutt and William G Jurgensen.
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LW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including William Blair Investment Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, California Public Employees Retirement System, Victory Capital Management Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, BlackRock Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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.
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LW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.97.

Lamb Weston has a market capitalization of $11.12 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]