Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) is -20.23% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $47.90 and a high of $105.55 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 $53.30 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.01%.
Currently trading at $53.31, the stock is 1.42% and -3.94% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.6 million and changing 0.02% at the moment leaves the stock -20.35% off its SMA200. LW registered -49.96% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.19%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $55.4954 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $66.9301.
The stock witnessed a 6.58% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.43%, and is 0.57% up 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 2.76% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) has around 10700 employees, a market worth around $7.60B and $6.33B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.07 and Fwd P/E is 14.92. Profit margin for the company is 5.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.29% and -49.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.89%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -39.18% this year.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Top Institutional Holders
979.0 institutions hold shares in Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW), with institutional investors hold 105.65% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 142.64M, and float is at 140.10M with Short Float at 5.50%. Institutions hold 103.12% of the Float.
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 11.0348 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 10.12 million shares representing 7.01% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by NIBLOCK ROBERT A, the company’s Director. 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).
