Lamb Weston/$LW
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About Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston is North America's largest and the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, both by volume and value. The company's portfolio is anchored by french fries, but it also sells sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. Roughly two thirds of revenue comes from its home market of North America, with none of the other 100 countries the company sells into representing a significant share. McDonald's is Lamb Weston's single-largest customer at 15% of fiscal 2025 sales, with no other company representing more than 10%. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
- Ticker
- $LW
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 10,000
- Headquarters
- Eagle, United States
- Website
- www.lambweston.com
Lamb Weston Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$6.4B
22.44
$2.08
0.45
$1.51
3.26%
Price and volume
Market cap
$6.4B
Beta
0.45
52-week high
$67.07
52-week low
$37.62
Average daily volume
1.3M
Dividend rate
$1.51
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.423
Quick ratio
0.599
Long term debt to equity
1.97
Total debt to equity
2.212
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
71.55%
Interest coverage (TTM)
3.95%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,104.3
Gross margin (TTM)
20.68%
Net profit margin (TTM)
4.39%
Operating margin (TTM)
10.93%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
30.64%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$660,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.12%
Return on equity (TTM)
16.28%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.438
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.98
Price to book
3.52
Price to tangible book (TTM)
10.94
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
12
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
8.33%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.889
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.24%
Forward dividend yield
3.26%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.50%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-16.80%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.31%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.25%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-33.11%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
0.80%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
12.62%
What the Analysts think about Lamb Weston
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Bulls say / Bears say
North America is regaining momentum: fourth-quarter volume rose 11% and the company reported customer wins and share gains. This helped lift full-year sales 2% and more than offset international weakness. (Lamb Weston, Food Business News)
The cost-cutting plan is showing early results. Lamb Weston exceeded its $100 million fiscal 2026 savings milestone and is targeting at least $250 million of annualised run-rate savings by fiscal 2028, while closing an inefficient Dutch plant should improve utilisation. (Lamb Weston, Food Business News)
Management expects adjusted EPS to rise to $2.95–$3.25 in fiscal 2027 from $2.90 on a comparable basis, despite sales guidance of only flat to 1% growth. Lower potato costs, better plant utilisation, further savings and the absence of prior-year one-off costs provide the route to that earnings recovery. (Lamb Weston, Lamb Weston)
International profitability remains severely impaired. Fiscal 2026 international adjusted EBITDA fell 55%, hit by weaker demand and pricing in EMEA, higher manufacturing costs, Middle East shipment disruption, Argentina start-up costs and a $33.1 million potato write-off. (Lamb Weston, Food Business News)
The industry still has too much supply for the current demand environment. Management described excess potato availability and processing capacity, while fiscal 2027 assumes flat global restaurant traffic and modest price-mix investment, limiting the scope for top-line growth. (Lamb Weston, Lamb Weston)
Financial flexibility is a risk while the turnaround is incomplete. Management reported net debt of about $3.8 billion and trailing leverage of 3.4 times adjusted EBITDA, leaving less room for execution mistakes, further restructuring costs or a renewed downturn in demand. (Lamb Weston, Lamb Weston)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 19 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Lamb Weston
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Fund name | Fund size | $LW weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.37% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.37% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.16% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.16% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.06% |
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