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Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) vs Lamb Weston (LW)

Kraft Heinz Company and Lamb Weston are both Packaged Foods companies. Kraft Heinz Company is the larger, with a market value of $30.0B against $7.6B — 4.0× the size. Kraft Heinz Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lamb Weston trades at 29.9×. Lamb Weston grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.58% against −1.53%. Lamb Weston has the higher net margin (3.85% vs −14.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.80% vs −3.99%). Both pay a dividend; Kraft Heinz Company yields more (6.34% vs 2.75%). Across the 22 metrics below, Lamb Weston leads on 12 and Kraft Heinz Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
P/E n/m 29.92 12.84
P/S 1.21 1.15 0.67
P/B 0.83 4.22 1.58
Price to free cash flow 8.82 17.72 8.97
EV/EBITDA 8.80 12.38 8.34
EV/Sales 1.86 1.72 0.97
Earnings yield (11.61%) 3.34% 2.16%
Free cash flow yield 11.34% 5.64% 5.54%

Profitability

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 33.53% 19.38% 28.37%
Operating margin (13.43%) 7.80% 2.53%
Net margin (13.99%) 3.85% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 14.25% 6.49% 2.31%
Return on equity (8.93%) 14.17% 0.00%
Return on assets (4.50%) 3.50% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (3.99%) 5.80% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.53%) 2.58% 3.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (318.14%) (16.80%) 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.97%) 12.49% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (1.81%) 0.00%

Health

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.50 2.17 0.18
Current ratio 1.02 1.45 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 3.13 3.89 0.73

Dividend

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 6.34% 2.75% 3.68%
Payout ratio — 0.83 0.62

Size

Metric KHC LW Packaged Foods median
Market cap 30.03b 7.59b 268.23m

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