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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.

Revenue
+0.66%
EPS
−54.4%
Free cash flow
−47.3%
Total debt
−1.00%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

55.36 1.24 −2.19%
Market cap
$7.6B
P/E
29.9×
Fwd P/E
20.3×
Dividend yield
2.75%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.46
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
55/100
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Lamb Weston (LW) Debt to equity

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Lamb Weston's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 2.2×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2026 (2.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −506× (fiscal 2019) to 14.8× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.2× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 2.1× (9.76%)
FY2025 2.4× 11.17%
FY2024 2.1× (12.82%)
FY2023 2.5× (67.58%)
FY2022 7.6× 32.86%
FY2021 5.7× (61.39%)
FY2020 14.8× —
FY2019 −506× —
FY2018 −7.1× —
FY2017 −3.7× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 2.2× 1.36%
May 2026 2.1× (1.83%)
Feb 2026 2.2× (2.16%)
Nov 2025 2.2× 0.74%
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Against its own ten years

Low −506× High 14.8×
Ten-year median 2.1×
Current reading's percentile 58

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 0.3×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 0.4×
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 0.4×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 0.7×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 0.9×
CAG Conagra Brands compare 1.2×
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 1.6×
LW Lamb Weston 2.2×
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 3.4×
Packaged Foods industry median 0.2×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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