Companies / LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of frozen potato products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The company offers frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as under various customer labels. It 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, non-commercial channels, and specialty retailers, as well as foodservice distributors and institutions, including businesses, educational institutions, independent restaurants, regional chain restaurants, and convenience stores. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.
Symbol LW Exchange NYSE Sector Consumer Defensive Industry Packaged Foods Market cap $6.06B 52 week range 37.62 - 67.07 Valuation Share price $43.60 (close of 2026-10-02) P/E (TTM) 20.86x Price to book 3.32x Price to free cash flow 11.21x Enterprise value $9.93B Book value per share $13.14 Price performance Period Change 1 day +5.88% 5 days +0.05% 1 month -16.81% 3 months -5.03% 6 months +10.80% Year to date +4.08% 1 year -29.84% 3 years -52.73% 5 years -30.57% All time +43.75%
Profitability and growth Return on equity 15.89% Return on invested capital 8.12% Return on assets 3.93% Return on capital employed 9.91% Gross margin 20.56% Net margin 4.39% EBITDA margin 14.94% Revenue growth 2.50% Net income growth -18.81% Free cash flow growth 134.77% Cash flow and balance sheet Free cash flow yield (TTM) 8.92% Current ratio 1.42x Net debt to EBITDA 3.92x Latest reported year Period end 2026-05-31 Fiscal year 2026 Revenue $6.61B Cost of revenue $5.25B Gross profit $1.36B EBITDA $987.80M Net income $290.00M Earnings per share $2.09 Research and development $18.90M Shares outstanding 138.90M Income statement by year Period end Revenue Gross profit Net income EPS 2026-05-31 $6.61B $1.36B $290.00M $2.09 2025-05-25 $6.45B $1.40B $357.20M $2.51 2024-05-26 $6.47B $1.77B $725.50M $5.01 2023-05-28 $5.35B $1.43B $1.01B $6.98 2022-05-29 $4.10B $832.00M $200.90M $1.38 2021-05-30 $3.67B $832.00M $317.80M $2.17 2020-05-31 $3.79B $895.20M $365.90M $2.50 2019-05-26 $3.76B $1.00B $478.60M $3.19 2018-05-27 $3.42B $879.50M $416.80M $2.83 2017-05-28 $3.17B $778.80M $326.90M $2.22
Margins and returns by year Period end Gross margin Net margin Return on equity Return on capital 2026-05-31 20.56% 4.39% 15.89% 8.12% 2025-05-25 21.68% 5.54% 20.56% 8.97% 2024-05-26 27.32% 11.22% 40.58% 15.00% 2023-05-28 26.77% 18.86% 71.49% 14.30% 2022-05-29 20.30% 4.90% 55.73% - 2021-05-30 22.66% 8.66% 66.13% - 2020-05-31 23.61% 9.65% 152.46% - 2019-05-26 26.71% 12.74% -10404.35% - 2018-05-27 25.69% 12.17% -124.49% - 2017-05-28 24.58% 10.32% -50.51% -
Cash and debt by year Period end Cash Debt 2026-05-31 $68.20M $3.68B 2025-05-25 $70.70M $3.77B 2024-05-26 $71.40M $3.84B 2023-05-28 $304.80M - 2022-05-29 $525.00M - 2021-05-30 $783.50M - 2020-05-31 $1.36B - 2019-05-26 $12.20M - 2018-05-27 $55.60M - 2017-05-28 $57.10M -
Free cash flow by year Period end Free cash flow Stock-based compensation 2026-05-31 $540.20M $46.20M 2025-05-25 $230.10M $39.50M 2024-05-26 -$131.30M $46.80M 2023-05-28 $107.70M $38.50M 2022-05-29 $128.50M $21.30M 2021-05-30 $405.50M $20.60M 2020-05-31 $406.30M $22.80M 2019-05-26 $346.70M $18.80M 2018-05-27 $174.40M $13.50M 2017-05-28 $159.50M $5.70M
Dividend history Most recent payment 2026-08-07 Paid in the last twelve months $1.51 Payment date Dividend per share 2026-08-07 $0.38 2026-05-08 $0.38 2026-01-30 $0.38 2025-10-31 $0.37 2025-08-01 $0.37 2025-05-02 $0.37 2025-01-31 $0.37 2024-11-01 $0.36
Investor relations Next earnings report Next confirmed report 2026-10-06 Consensus EPS estimate $0.59 Past earnings dates Reported Fiscal period EPS estimate 2026-07-24 May/2026 $0.62 2026-04-01 Feb/2026 $0.61 2025-12-19 Nov/2025 $0.67 2025-09-30 Aug/2025 $0.54 2025-07-23 May/2025 $0.64 2025-04-03 Feb/2025 $0.87 2024-12-19 Nov/2024 $1.02 2024-10-03 - -
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