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NYSE:LW

Lamb Weston (LW) Competitors

$113.62
+0.22 (+0.19%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$113.01
$114.50
50-Day Range
$103.58
$114.48
52-Week Range
$62.62
$115.31
Volume
665,896 shs
Average Volume
1.29 million shs
Market Capitalization
$16.55 billion
P/E Ratio
30.38
Dividend Yield
0.99%
Price Target
$118.40

LW vs. LANC, KHC, CAG, CHWY, SJM, CPB, TSN, TAP, CLX, and IFF

Should you be buying Lamb Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lamb Weston include Lancaster Colony (LANC), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Chewy (CHWY), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell Soup (CPB), Tyson Foods (TSN), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Clorox (CLX), and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Lamb Weston vs.

Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) and Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Lamb Weston has a consensus target price of $118.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Lancaster Colony.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lancaster Colony
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Lamb Weston
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, Lancaster Colony had 4 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lancaster Colony and 3 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Lancaster Colony's score of 0.90 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lancaster Colony
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lamb Weston
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lancaster Colony received 64 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.05% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lancaster ColonyOutperform Votes
383
64.05%
Underperform Votes
215
35.95%
Lamb WestonOutperform Votes
319
63.93%
Underperform Votes
180
36.07%

Lamb Weston has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Lancaster Colony's net margin of 7.21%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 110.40% beat Lancaster Colony's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lancaster Colony 7.21% 16.13% 12.35%
Lamb Weston 11.27% 110.40% 13.09%

60.7% of Lancaster Colony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 29.9% of Lancaster Colony shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lamb Weston shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lamb Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Lancaster Colony. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancaster Colony, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lancaster Colony$1.68 billion3.26$89.59 million$4.7641.67
Lamb Weston$4.10 billion4.04$200.90 million$3.7430.38

Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lancaster Colony pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lancaster Colony pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lamb Weston pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lancaster Colony has raised its dividend for 60 consecutive years and Lamb Weston has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Lancaster Colony is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Lamb Weston beats Lancaster Colony on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LW vs. The Competition

MetricLamb WestonCanned, frozen, & preserved fruits, vegetables, & food special IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.55B$9.29B$14.32B$14.99B
Dividend Yield0.99%5.67%2.93%3.85%
P/E Ratio30.3811.2814.8719.31
Price / Sales4.042.585.159.28
Price / Cash33.0119.5020.1924.62
Price / Book45.459.666.017.33
Net Income$200.90M$341.15M$634.19M$900.99M
7 Day Performance0.31%0.15%0.92%1.75%
1 Month Performance1.79%-0.58%2.59%3.87%
1 Year Performance70.65%-8.92%-6.34%-2.53%

Lamb Weston Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LANC
Lancaster Colony
3.458 of 5 stars
$200.90
+0.5%
N/A+67.2%$5.53B$1.68B42.213,200Analyst Upgrade
KHC
Kraft Heinz
2.4354 of 5 stars
$37.79
-0.7%
$43.79
+15.9%
-1.0%$46.38B$26.49B19.2837,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
2.4564 of 5 stars
$34.32
-2.0%
$41.08
+19.7%
+6.6%$16.70B$12.21B20.5518,000
CHWY
Chewy
2.2057 of 5 stars
$38.33
+4.2%
$42.65
+11.3%
+23.7%$16.36B$10.10B319.4219,400
SJM
J. M. Smucker
1.9055 of 5 stars
$146.24
-1.8%
$153.36
+4.9%
+20.7%$15.59B$8.00B22.026,700Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CPB
Campbell Soup
1.9696 of 5 stars
$50.59
-1.9%
$51.92
+2.6%
-2.0%$15.15B$8.56B18.7414,700Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Options Volume
News Coverage
TSN
Tyson Foods
2.797 of 5 stars
$50.44
-0.1%
$59.89
+18.7%
-41.0%$17.94B$53.28B12.10142,000
TAP
Molson Coors Beverage
1.3316 of 5 stars
$65.14
+2.1%
$57.87
-11.2%
+26.8%$14.09B$12.81B-54.7416,600Analyst Report
Gap Up
CLX
Clorox
1.8466 of 5 stars
$158.58
-2.3%
$148.54
-6.3%
+18.6%$19.60B$7.11B273.429,000
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
2.9653 of 5 stars
$80.87
+1.6%
$114.13
+41.1%
-40.2%$20.63B$12.44B-9.843,200Positive News
Gap Down

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