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Lamb Weston
LW Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods
Lamb Weston’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $6.6 billion, up 2.50% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 54.0%, free cash flow fell 47.3% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| May '26 | May '25 | May '24 | May '23 | May '22 | May '21 | May '20 | May '19 | May '18 | May '17 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piotroski F-Score |
7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
P/E ratio |
20.27 | 21.76 | 17.66 | 15.95 | 48.97 | 38.69 | 24.64 | 18.57 | 22.53 | 20.64 |
Altman Z-Score |
2.46 | 2.64 | 3.32 | 3.76 | 3.63 | 3.93 | 3.05 | 4.19 | 4.15 | 3.48 |
P/S ratio |
0.89 | 1.21 | 1.98 | 3.00 | 2.40 | 3.35 | 2.37 | 2.31 | 2.72 | 2.14 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
2.71 | 2.68 | 2.92 | 3.05 | 3.37 | 3.67 | 3.40 | 3.21 | 2.79 | 2.14 |
P/FCF ratio |
10.58 | 39.29 | 0.00 | 625.23 | 87.64 | 31.57 | 24.63 | 25.23 | 53.48 | 42.51 |
P/Operating CF |
17.03 | 20.36 | 40.40 | 37.67 | 40.20 | 69.09 | 65.11 | 36.70 | 54.54 | 35.17 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.87) | (2.63) | (2.52) | (1.80) | (2.48) | (2.55) | (2.56) | (2.30) | (2.37) | (4.02) |
Dividend Safety Score |
55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
P/B ratio |
3.24 | 4.49 | 7.16 | 11.39 | 27.28 | 25.58 | 37.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Price to Tangible BV |
10.08 | 14.62 | 20.53 | 61.71 | 1,117.37 | 112.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
EV/Sales |
1.48 | 1.84 | 2.56 | 3.59 | 2.94 | 3.88 | 2.95 | 2.93 | 3.40 | 2.89 |
EV/EBITDA |
9.88 | 11.40 | 12.06 | 17.40 | 18.91 | 21.50 | 15.13 | 13.23 | 16.11 | 14.58 |
EV/Operating CF |
10.35 | 13.66 | 20.73 | 25.24 | 28.75 | 25.77 | 19.48 | 16.15 | 24.22 | 20.47 |
EV/FCF |
17.47 | 59.74 | (85.46) | 748.09 | 107.27 | 36.58 | 30.58 | 31.96 | 66.84 | 57.36 |
Quick Ratio |
0.60 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.76 | 1.39 | 1.86 | 1.66 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.44 |
Current Ratio |
1.42 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.56 | 2.37 | 2.88 | 2.25 | 1.74 | 1.79 | 1.55 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
3.89 | 3.90 | 2.73 | 2.86 | 3.46 | 2.95 | 2.94 | 2.79 | 3.22 | 3.77 |
Debt/Assets |
53.05% | 55.89% | 51.90% | 53.10% | 65.90% | 65.03% | 75.93% | 76.33% | 86.65% | 97.56% |
Debt/Equity |
2.15 | 2.38 | 2.14 | 2.45 | 7.57 | 5.70 | 14.75 | (505.78) | (7.12) | (3.75) |
Asset Turnover |
0.90 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.83 | 0.98 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 1.36 |
Operating CF/Net income |
3.25 | 2.43 | 1.10 | 0.76 | 2.08 | 1.74 | 1.57 | 1.42 | 1.15 | 1.38 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.97) | (1.79) | (3.23) | (3.30) | (1.59) | (0.87) | (1.14) | (2.07) | (2.14) | (2.63) |
Interest Coverage |
3.27 | 3.70 | 7.84 | 8.08 | 2.76 | 4.01 | 5.16 | 6.24 | 5.33 | 8.47 |
| 16.28% | 20.26% | 45.36% | 113.88% | 47.77% | 88.20% | 310.88% | (282.03%) | (84.89%) | 86.22% | |
| 3.93% | 4.84% | 10.45% | 18.93% | 4.81% | 7.16% | 9.49% | 16.50% | 15.91% | 13.99% | |
ROIC |
6.51% | 7.17% | 12.02% | 12.07% | 10.83% | 12.19% | 14.41% | 18.09% | 18.18% | 18.83% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
6.76% | 8.42% | 17.92% | 28.22% | 7.91% | 11.83% | 13.01% | 23.85% | 22.74% | 20.64% |
Average Days of Receivables |
43.01 | 44.22 | 41.97 | 49.40 | 39.83 | 36.48 | 32.93 | 33.05 | 24.08 | 21.34 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
10.05% | 9.82% | 10.84% | 10.28% | 9.46% | 9.73% | 8.92% | 8.92% | 8.74% | 8.22% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.70% | 0.61% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.52% | 0.56% | 0.60% | 0.50% | 0.39% | 0.18% |
Graham Net Nets |
(0.60) | (0.46) | (0.27) | (0.19) | (0.22) | (0.16) | (0.24) | (0.24) | (0.23) | (0.34) |
Graham Number |
24.92 | 26.32 | 37.26 | 39.14 | 8.77 | 12.66 | 9.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Earnings Yield |
4.93% | 4.60% | 5.66% | 6.27% | 2.04% | 2.58% | 4.06% | 5.38% | 4.44% | 4.85% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
9.45% | 2.55% | (1.51%) | 0.16% | 1.14% | 3.17% | 4.06% | 3.96% | 1.87% | 2.35% |
Revenue per Share |
47.60 | 45.37 | 44.63 | 37.03 | 28.17 | 25.07 | 25.94 | 25.64 | 23.40 | 21.68 |
Operating CF per Share |
6.79 | 6.11 | 5.51 | 5.27 | 2.88 | 3.78 | 3.93 | 4.65 | 3.29 | 3.06 |
Capex per Share |
(2.77) | (4.71) | (6.84) | (5.09) | (2.11) | (1.12) | (1.43) | (2.30) | (2.10) | (1.97) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
4.02 | 1.40 | (1.34) | 0.18 | 0.77 | 2.66 | 2.50 | 2.35 | 1.19 | 1.09 |
Cash per Share |
0.49 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 2.11 | 3.61 | 5.35 | 9.33 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.39 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
13.14 | 12.22 | 12.34 | 9.77 | 2.48 | 3.28 | 1.64 | (0.03) | (2.29) | (4.43) |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
13.14 | 12.22 | 12.34 | 9.77 | 2.48 | 3.28 | 1.64 | (0.03) | (2.29) | (4.43) |
Free Cash Flow |
558.80 | 198.50 | (193.60) | 25.70 | 112.20 | 389.40 | 365.60 | 344.00 | 174.40 | 159.50 |
Working Capital |
598.90 | 556.70 | 465.90 | 767.00 | 960.50 | 1,163.50 | 1,277.70 | 408.70 | 411.70 | 302.80 |
Capital Expenditures |
(384.10) | (669.80) | (991.80) | (736.00) | (306.40) | (163.30) | (208.40) | (336.90) | (306.80) | (287.40) |
Net Current Asset Value |
(3,540.80) | (3,622.20) | (3,489.20) | (2,981.30) | (2,119.70) | (1,947.10) | (2,119.70) | (2,091.20) | (2,157.00) | (2,274.60) |
EV/EBIT |
16.51 | 17.83 | 15.53 | 21.80 | 27.08 | 30.00 | 20.08 | 16.45 | 20.09 | 17.65 |
Capex to Sales |
0.06 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Price to Operating Income |
10.00 | 11.72 | 12.01 | 18.22 | 22.13 | 25.89 | 16.17 | 12.99 | 16.08 | 13.08 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
Cash ROIC |
9.62% | 3.34% | (3.41%) | 0.50% | 3.11% | 9.73% | 7.11% | 14.74% | 8.28% | 8.69% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
8.47 | 8.46 | 8.81 | 9.13 | 10.07 | 10.36 | 11.12 | 13.27 | 16.66 | 17.05 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
8.54 | 6.97 | 6.39 | 7.54 | 8.58 | 9.41 | 10.86 | 10.13 | 9.26 | 8.97 |
Inventory Turnover |
5.24 | 4.65 | 4.54 | 5.20 | 6.01 | 5.68 | 5.88 | 5.25 | 4.73 | 4.67 |
Average Days of Payables |
42.60 | 44.53 | 64.74 | 59.30 | 44.98 | 46.20 | 30.79 | 38.34 | 36.50 | 45.07 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
67.30 | 74.80 | 88.41 | 86.81 | 64.18 | 66.02 | 61.32 | 66.07 | 78.86 | 80.20 |
Average Receivables |
780.35 | 762.60 | 733.90 | 585.75 | 407.10 | 354.50 | 341.10 | 283.00 | 205.55 | 185.85 |
Average Payables |
614.75 | 725.10 | 735.20 | 519.60 | 380.95 | 301.85 | 266.80 | 271.80 | 274.70 | 266.50 |
Average Inventory |
1,001.95 | 1,087.00 | 1,035.30 | 753.20 | 543.95 | 500.10 | 492.50 | 524.00 | 537.35 | 511.95 |
Average Assets |
7,386.35 | 7,379.80 | 6,943.40 | 5,329.80 | 4,174.60 | 4,435.85 | 3,855.20 | 2,900.35 | 2,619.10 | 2,321.95 |
Average Common Equity |
1,781.30 | 1,762.75 | 1,599.55 | 885.90 | 420.55 | 360.30 | 117.70 | (169.70) | (491.00) | 376.70 |
Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 8 Oct 2026