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.

53.59 0.62 −1.14%
Market cap
$7.5B
P/E
28.9×
Fwd P/E
14.4×
Dividend yield
2.82%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.46
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
55/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 19.42
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — 5 1 — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.07%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7,470.00
Revenue 6,623.30
Net Income 254.80
Free Cash Flow 429.80
Net Debt 3,762.30
Current Ratio 1.45
Debt/Equity 2.17 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 28.94
Fwd P/E 14.40
P/S ratio 1.11
P/B ratio 4.08
Past 5Y EPS Growth (0.75%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 7.31%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.78%
Next Y revenue growth (0.03%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 8.44%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 74.88%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 7.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 12.09%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 7.33%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 15.88%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.82
Annual Dividend Rate 1.51
Annual Dividend Yield 2.82%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.50
0.38
0.38
0.38
2025 1.48
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
2024 1.44
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.36
2023 1.12
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.28
2022 0.98
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2021 0.94
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.24
2020 0.92
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
2019 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2018 0.76
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
2017 0.75
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 71 71 68 166
Receivables 744 782 779 788
Inventory 1,139 1,035 969 965
Other — — — —
2,090 2,033 2,014 2,050
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 834 616 613 631
ST’ Debt 383 449 320 350
Other — — — —
1,624 1,476 1,416 1,409

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.25% 12.49% 7.31%
Cash Flow 9.45% 11.27% 7.37%
Earnings 0.33% (1.81%) (34.00%)
Book Value 2.68% 30.58% 8.94%

Revenue $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 1,670 — — — —
’26 1,659 1,618 1,565 1,770 6,612
’25 1,654 1,601 1,521 1,676 6,451
’24 1,665 1,732 1,458 1,612 6,468
’23 1,126 1,277 1,254 1,695 5,351
’22 984 1,007 955 1,153 4,099
’21 872 896 896 1,008 3,671
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 235 — — — —
’26 352 178 65 347 943
’25 330 99 56 383 868
’24 335 121 26 317 798
’23 192 96 47 427 762
’22 162 46 (33) 245 419
’21 251 68 56 178 553
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 144 — — — —
’26 273 117 (35) 205 559
’25 (22) (53) (21) 295 199
’24 30 (141) (235) 153 (194)
’23 71 (53) (180) 188 26
’22 83 (23) (112) 165 112
’21 217 48 3 121 389
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 0.21 — — — —
’26 0.46 0.44 0.39 0.79 2.08
’25 0.88 (0.25) 1.03 0.85 2.50
’24 1.60 1.48 1.01 0.89 4.98
’23 1.60 0.71 1.21 3.40 6.95
’22 0.20 0.22 0.73 0.22 1.38
’21 0.61 0.66 0.45 0.44 2.16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to May

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 35.81 52.92 58.83 39.06 50.22 49.71 81.26 52.99 41.41 37.62

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 57.51 83.86 86.59 96.32 86.41 90.60 117.38 111.88 67.93 55.70
People
People Employees 6,500 7,200 7,600 7,700 7,800 8,000 10,300 10,700 10,100 10,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.49 0.47 0.51 0.52 0.60 0.64 0.66
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,168 3,424 3,757 3,792 3,671 4,099 5,351 6,468 6,451 6,612
Gross margin, % 24.58 25.69 26.71 23.61 22.66 20.30 26.77 27.32 21.68 20.56
EBT 457 471 561 449 357 283 773 930 485 411
EBT margin, % 14.43 13.77 14.94 11.84 9.71 6.91 14.45 14.37 7.52 6.21
Net income 340 434 487 366 318 201 1,009 726 357 290
Depreciation 109 143 162 182 188 192 223 307 375 397
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 21.68 23.40 25.64 25.94 25.07 28.17 37.03 44.63 45.37 47.60
Earnings 2.22 2.83 3.19 2.50 2.17 1.38 6.98 5.01 2.51 2.09
Cash flow 3.06 3.29 4.65 3.93 3.78 2.88 5.27 5.51 6.11 6.79
Capex (1.97) (2.10) (2.30) (1.43) (1.12) (2.11) (5.09) (6.84) (4.71) (2.77)
Free cash flow 1.09 1.19 2.35 2.50 2.66 0.77 0.18 (1.34) 1.40 4.02
Book value (4.43) (2.29) (0.03) 1.64 3.28 2.48 9.77 12.34 12.22 13.14
Shares, m 146 146 147 146 146 146 145 145 142 139
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.64 22.53 18.57 24.64 38.69 48.97 15.95 17.66 21.76 20.27
P/S 2.14 2.72 2.31 2.37 3.35 2.40 3.00 1.98 1.21 0.89
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.52 25.58 27.28 11.39 7.16 4.49 3.24
EV/Sales 2.89 3.40 2.93 2.95 3.88 2.94 3.59 2.56 1.84 1.48
EV/FCF 57.36 66.84 31.96 30.58 36.58 107.27 748.09 (85.46) 59.74 17.47
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 447 481 681 574 553 419 762 798 868 943
Capex (287) (307) (337) (208) (163) (306) (736) (992) (670) (384)
Free cash flow 160 174 344 366 389 112 26 (194) 199 559
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 303 412 409 1,278 1,164 961 767 466 557 599
Total debt 2,425 2,385 2,327 3,540 2,737 2,728 3,462 3,823 4,131 3,915
Net debt 2,368 2,329 2,314 2,176 1,954 2,203 3,157 3,752 4,061 3,847
Shareholders’ equity (647) (335) (5) 240 481 361 1,411 1,788 1,738 1,825
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 13.99 15.91 16.50 9.49 7.16 4.81 18.93 10.45 4.84 3.93
ROIC 18.83 18.18 18.09 14.41 12.19 10.83 12.07 12.02 7.17 6.51
ROE 86.22 (84.89) (282.03) 310.88 88.20 47.77 113.88 45.36 20.26 16.28
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to May 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 8 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Lamb Weston vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. $11.3B — — — — — — — Compare
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation $11.1B 32.4× 16.1× −2.36% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.67% (below 0%: shrinking) +107.16% (above 0%: growing) 15.92% 2.49% Compare
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. $9.6B 16.3× 13.8× +16.37% (above 0%: growing) +2,950.00% (above 0%: growing) +428.22% (above 0%: growing) 29.20% 32.20% Compare
LW Lamb Weston $7.5B 28.9× 14.4× +0.66% (above 0%: growing) −54.02% (below 0%: shrinking) −47.29% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.96% 4.92%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. $7.3B 6.9× 10.0× −2.27% (below 0%: shrinking) +27.08% (above 0%: growing) −1.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 12.95% 7.86% Compare
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation $6.9B 12.8× 8.9× −2.76% (below 0%: shrinking) −96.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −67.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 7.34% 1.43% Compare
CAG Conagra Brands $6.8B — (loss-making) 8.2× −1.39% (below 0%: shrinking) +6.97% (above 0%: growing) −464.50% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.83% 10.34% Compare
INGR Ingredion Incorporated $6.1B 10.5× 9.5× +0.93% (above 0%: growing) −40.79% (below 0%: shrinking) +34.38% (above 0%: growing) 23.03% 10.16% Compare
CPB The Campbell's Company $5.9B 14.8× 10.7× −7.93% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +5.43% (above 0%: growing) 27.28% 0.19% Compare
Median of peers $7.1B 13.8× 10.0× −2.27% −16.91% +5.43% 23.03% 7.86%

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Lamb Weston (LW) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $290.0 million, or $2.09 per share (basic), a net margin of 4.39%.
  • Strength: Lamb Weston’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $6.6 billion, up 2.50% from fiscal 2025.
  • Lamb Weston (LW) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LW traded at $53.59, a market capitalization of $7.5 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 28.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 75% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.51 per share, a yield of 2.82%, with a payout ratio of 82.5%.
  • Return on equity was 16.3% and debt-to-equity 2.17.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.46 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 8, 2026.

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