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
$7.6B
30.07
$1.83
0.47
$1.51
2.76%
Price and volume
Market cap
$7.6B
Beta
0.47
52-week high
$63.07
52-week low
$37.62
Average daily volume
2.7M
Dividend rate
$1.51
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.455
Quick ratio
0.677
Long term debt to equity
1.981
Total debt to equity
2.174
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
81.63%
Interest coverage (TTM)
3.75%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,069.1
Gross margin (TTM)
20.20%
Net profit margin (TTM)
3.85%
Operating margin (TTM)
10.14%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
27.59%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$660,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
5.77%
Return on equity (TTM)
14.17%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
30.069
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.151
Price to book
4.2
Price to tangible book (TTM)
18.65
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
18.51
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.40%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.976
Dividend yield (TTM)
2.74%
Forward dividend yield
2.76%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.58%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-11.82%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.99%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.16%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-35.88%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-1.04%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
11.65%
What the Analysts think about Lamb Weston
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North America is showing durable momentum: first-quarter sales volume rose 7% for the seventh consecutive quarter, while segment adjusted EBITDA increased 11%. Lamb Weston attributes this to customer wins, share gains and strong retention. (Lamb Weston, SEC)
After a first quarter above expectations, Lamb Weston raised its fiscal 2027 outlook: it now expects low-single-digit sales growth and adjusted EPS of $3.05–$3.35. A higher forecast points to improving earnings momentum if the company delivers. (Lamb Weston, The Wall Street Journal)
Higher plant utilisation and the cost-savings programme could help protect margins: North American utilisation rose about 10 percentage points, and Lamb Weston exceeded $100 million in savings in fiscal 2026 towards its $250 million annualised run-rate goal by fiscal 2028. (Lamb Weston, Lamb Weston)
International remains a clear weak spot: first-quarter segment sales fell 8%, including a 6% volume decline, while EMEA faced difficult market conditions. The company is closing its Dutch plant to rebalance production, highlighting the scale of the problem. (SEC, Lamb Weston)
Recent volume gains have come with weaker pricing: first-quarter price/mix fell 1.8% overall, with North America down about 2% amid customer price support and a shift towards lower-margin private-label products. US quick-service restaurant traffic also fell 1%, making it harder to rebuild pricing power. (SEC, Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW) Earnings Call Transcript)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 2 Nov 2026.
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Funds containing Lamb Weston
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $LW weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.44% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | $3.2B | 0.44% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.19% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | $3.2B | 0.19% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | $3.2B | 0.19% |
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