Lamb Weston is a packaged foods business based in the US. Lamb Weston shares (LW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $70.97 – an increase of 3.08% over the previous week. Lamb Weston employs 10,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $6.5 billion.
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| Latest market close | $70.97 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $52.67 - $110.32 |
| 50-day moving average | $62.26 |
| 200-day moving average | $85.33 |
| Wall St. target price | $71.11 |
| PE ratio | 16.2512 |
| Dividend yield | $1.36 (2.08%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.26 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $70.97 from 2024-10-10
| 1 week (2024-10-04) | 3.08% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-11) | 13.42% |
| 3 months (2024-07-11) | -10.08% |
| 6 months (2024-04-11) | -12.77% |
| 1 year (2023-10-11) | -22.72% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-11) | -12.76% |
| 3 years (2021-10-11) | 28.57% |
| 5 years (2019-10-11) | 74.1616 |
Valuing Lamb Weston stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lamb Weston's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Lamb Weston's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 16x. In other words, Lamb Weston shares trade at around 16x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Lamb Weston's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.0155. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lamb Weston's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Lamb Weston's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Lamb Weston's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $6.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 12.82% |
| Gross profit TTM | $832 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.64% |
| Return on equity TTM | 37.02% |
| Profit margin | 9.57% |
| Book value | $12.88 |
| Market Capitalization | $9.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 34.62% of net profits
Recently Lamb Weston has paid out, on average, around 34.62% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.08% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Lamb Weston shareholders could enjoy a 2.08% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Lamb Weston's case, that would currently equate to about $1.36 per share.
While Lamb Weston's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Lamb Weston may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Lamb Weston's most recent dividend payout was on 28 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Lamb Weston's shares have ranged in value from as little as $52.6683 up to $110.3201. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Lamb Weston's is 0.748. This would suggest that Lamb Weston's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of frozen potato products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It offers frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as under various customer labels. The company also provides its products under its owned or licensed brands, such as Grown in Idaho and Alexia, and other licensed brands, as well as under retailers' own brands. It sells its products through a network of internal sales personnel and independent brokers, agents, and distributors to quick service and full-service restaurants and chains, wholesale, grocery, mass merchants, club retailers, and specialty retailers, as well as foodservice distributors and institutions, including businesses, educational institutions, independent restaurants, regional chain restaurants, and convenience stores. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho. .
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