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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
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Lamb Weston (LW) Free cash flow margin
Lamb Weston's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 6.49%, down 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.45%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.99% (fiscal 2024) to 10.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.31% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8.45% | 5.37 |
| FY2025 | 3.08% | 6.07 |
| FY2024 | −2.99% | (3.47) |
| FY2023 | 0.48% | (2.26) |
| FY2022 | 2.74% | (7.87) |
| FY2021 | 10.6% | 0.97 |
| FY2020 | 9.64% | 0.48 |
| FY2019 | 9.16% | 4.07 |
| FY2018 | 5.09% | 0.06 |
| FY2017 | 5.03% | (2.92) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CAG Conagra Brands compare | 8.22% |
| CPB The Campbell's Company compare | 6.96% |
| INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare | 6.68% |
| LW Lamb Weston | 6.49% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 6.45% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 6.21% |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare | 0.20% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 2.31% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.51% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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