Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) is -25.32% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $49.49 and a high of $107.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LW stock was last observed hovering at around $50.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.11%.
Currently trading at $49.91, the stock is -10.30% and -16.67% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.5 million and changing -0.22% at the moment leaves the stock -29.06% off its SMA200. LW registered -51.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.58%.
The stock witnessed a -16.73% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -34.94%, and is -3.59% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.62% over the week and 3.16% over the month.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) has around 10700 employees, a market worth around $7.12B and $6.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.73 and Fwd P/E is 13.64. Profit margin for the company is 5.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.85% and -53.57% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.89%).
with sales reaching $1.5B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -39.12% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.76% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.76% in year-over-year returns.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 142.64M, and float is at 140.10M with Short Float at 7.28%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 17.05 million shares valued at $1.43 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7961% of the LW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 15.92 million shares valued at $$1.34 billion to account for 11.0196 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 10.12 million shares representing 7.0003% and valued at over $850.5 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.9252 of the shares totaling 5.67 million with a market value of $476.89 million.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by NIBLOCK ROBERT A,the company’sDirector. SEC filings show that NIBLOCK ROBERT A bought 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 13 ’25 at a price of $60.94 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 26406.0 shares.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 23 ’24 that BLIXT CHARLES A (Director) bought a total of 1,200 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 23 ’24 and was made at $63.25 per share for $75901.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 22982.0 shares of the LW stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 23 ’24, JURGENSEN WILLIAM G (Director) acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $63.27 for $0.32 million. The insider now directly holds 181,250 shares of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW).
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ) that is trading -8.84% down over the past 12 months. Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC) that is -12.36% lower over the same period.
