Lamb Weston - LW Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lamb Weston in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" LW shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Lamb Weston's shares. Their LW share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $96.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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Lamb Weston's stock was trading at $89.36 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LW shares have increased by 10.0% and is now trading at $98.31.
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Lamb Weston saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,020,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the November 30th total of 2,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 6th 2023.
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LW) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 5th. The specialty retailer reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.54. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.16 billion. Lamb Weston had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 107.83% and a net margin of 10.50%.

Lamb Weston announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 2nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.99%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 30.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LW will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.92% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lamb Weston announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Friday, December 17th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Lamb Weston updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.75-$4.00 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.98. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.80 billion-$4.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.73 billion.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. (1.02%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.27%), Strs Ohio (0.21%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.19%), BlueDrive Global Investors LLP (0.18%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Bernadette M Madarieta, Eryk J Spytek, Eryk J Spytek, Gerardo Scheufler, Gregory W Jones, John C Hatto, Michael Jared Smith, Peter J Bensen, Robert A Niblock, Robert A Niblock, Sharon L Miller, Thomas P Werner and William G Jurgensen.
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One share of LW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.31.

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) has a market capitalization of $14.14 billion and generates $4.10 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $200.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.26 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,000 workers across the globe.

Lamb Weston's mailing address is 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID, 83616. The official website for the company is www.lambweston.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (208) 938-1047 or via email at dexter.congbalay@lambweston.com.