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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)

Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Eagle, United States | NYSE
52.25 USD +0.29 (0.558%) ⇧ (Oct. 14, 2026, 11:31 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:14 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a perfect storm of deteriorating fundamentals and aggressive short-term selling pressure. The company is grappling with a sharp contraction in earnings (-54% quarterly growth) and a multi-year price trajectory that has ended in two consecutive years of decline, signaling that the market views current valuations as unjustified despite the low P/E. This weakness is amplified by the options market, where traders are stacking massive put positions, creating a heavy ceiling for the stock to break through. While the dividend yield of 3.07% provides a floor and the forward P/E suggests potential mean reversion, the lack of revenue growth and the severe earnings miss make this a defensive hold rather than a buy. The statistical forecast models also lean slightly negative, confirming the lack of immediate catalysts to reverse the trend.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.070207
AutoARIMA0.079756
AutoETS0.079756
MSTL0.083040

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 105.07
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.142
Excess Kurtosis -0.72
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-11-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 219.001
Revenue per Share 47.848
Market Cap 7,199,028,224
Trailing P/E 28.55
Forward P/E 14.79
Beta 0.47
Profit Margins 3.85%
Website https://www.lambweston.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive out-of-the-money put open interest (over 37k contracts) and volume concentrated in strikes significantly below the current price. While there is some call activity at higher strikes (65.00), the overwhelming capital allocation is in puts, suggesting a fear of further decline rather than a bullish breakout. Implied volatility is elevated on deep OTM puts, indicating a market pricing in significant downside risk.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.73% 3.06% 2.41% 1.96%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-07 0.380 0.726994
2026-05-08 0.380 0.904547
2026-01-30 0.380 0.827346
2025-10-31 0.370 0.599384
2025-08-01 0.370 0.660832
2025-05-02 0.370 0.718447
2025-01-31 0.370 0.617284
2024-11-01 0.360 0.466987
2024-08-02 0.360 0.632244
2024-05-02 0.360 0.426136
2024-02-01 0.360 0.341426
2023-11-02 0.280 0.298794
2023-08-03 0.280 0.273946
2023-05-04 0.280 0.251889
2023-02-02 0.280 0.288422
2022-11-03 0.245 0.288711
2022-08-04 0.245 0.303857
2022-05-05 0.245 0.386253
2022-02-03 0.245 0.382992
2021-11-04 0.235 0.418522
2021-08-05 0.235 0.366158
2021-05-06 0.235 0.301089
2021-02-04 0.235 0.296642
2020-11-05 0.230 0.339433
2020-08-06 0.230 0.362205
2020-05-07 0.230 0.415013
2020-01-30 0.230 0.249674
2019-10-31 0.200 0.256279
2019-08-01 0.200 0.300526
2019-05-02 0.200 0.301341
2019-01-31 0.200 0.276625
2018-11-01 0.191 0.247313
2018-08-02 0.191 0.270807
2018-05-03 0.191 0.298251
2018-02-01 0.191 0.332753
2017-11-02 0.188 0.362934
2017-08-02 0.188 0.429616
2017-04-26 0.188 0.445076
2017-01-26 0.188 0.517479
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.93
exDividendDate 2026-11-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.51
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.029060816
lastDividendValue 0.38
lastDividendDate 2026-08-07
dividendDate 2026-12-04

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.18787122
Address1 599 South Rivershore Lane
All Time High 117.382
All Time Low 28.75
Ask 51.85
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,976,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,995,554
Average Volume 1,995,554
Average Volume10Days 3,976,520
Beta 0.474
Bid 51.78
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 3
Book Value 13.115
City Eagle
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 52.25
Current Ratio 1.455
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 52.435
Day Low 51.28
Debt To Equity 219.001
Display Name Lamb Weston
Dividend Date 1,796,342,400
Dividend Yield 2.93
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,791,291,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,791,291,600
Earnings Growth -0.543
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.547
Earnings Timestamp 1,791,289,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,797,510,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,797,510,600
Ebitda 1,069,100,032
Ebitda Margins 0.16142
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.242
Enterprise To Revenue 1.653
Enterprise Value 10,949,472,256
Eps Current Year 3.21942
Eps Forward 3.53168
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.83
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,793,923,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 49.68
Fifty Day Average Change 2.5699997
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.051731072
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -18.78712
Fifty Two Week High 67.07
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.82
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.22096317
Fifty Two Week Low 37.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.630001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.38888893
Fifty Two Week Range 37.62 - 67.07
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,478,788,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.6
Float Shares 136,383,353
Forward Eps 3.53168
Forward P E 14.794658
Free Cashflow 331,775,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 10,000
Fullday Change 1.4700012
Fullday Change Percent 2.9294565
Fullday Price 52.25
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.20197001
Gross Profits 1,337,699,968
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.027490001
Held Percent Institutions 0.97547996
Implied Shares Outstanding 137,780,447
Industry Packaged Foods
Industry Disp Packaged Foods
Industry Key packaged-foods
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Last Dividend Value 0.38
Last Fiscal Year End 1,780,185,600
Long Business Summary Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of frozen potato products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The company offers frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as under various customer labels. It also provides its products under its owned or licensed brands, such as Grown in Idaho and Alexia, and other licensed brands, as well as under retailers' own brands. It sells its products through a network of internal sales personnel and independent brokers, agents, and distributors to quick service and full-service restaurants and chains, wholesale, grocery, mass merchants, club retailers, non-commercial channels, and specialty retailers, as well as foodservice distributors and institutions, including businesses, educational institutions, independent restaurants, regional chain restaurants, and convenience stores. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.
Long Name Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 7,199,028,224
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_374372246
Most Recent Quarter 1,788,048,000
Net Income To Common 254,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,811,721,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 6,192,241,436
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 52.02
Operating Cashflow 825,699,968
Operating Margins 0.09465
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.8251
Peg Ratio 0.82
Phone 208 938 1047
Previous Close 51.96
Price Eps Current Year 16.229631
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.9839878
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.0869247
Profit Margins 0.03847
Quick Ratio 0.677
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.5
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.29000092
Regular Market Change Percent 0.5581234
Regular Market Day High 52.435
Regular Market Day Low 51.28
Regular Market Day Range 51.28 - 52.435
Regular Market Open 52.02
Regular Market Previous Close 51.96
Regular Market Price 52.25
Regular Market Time 1,791,991,876
Regular Market Volume 450,854
Return On Assets 0.05768
Return On Equity 0.14169
Revenue Growth 0.007
Revenue Per Share 47.848
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 137,780,447
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0519
Shares Short 7,149,106
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 6,294,922
Short Name Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0592
Short Ratio 4.66
Source Interval 15
State ID
Symbol LW
Target High Price 65.0
Target Low Price 52.0
Target Mean Price 56.0
Target Median Price 56.0
Total Cash 166,300,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.207
Total Debt 3,956,699,904
Total Revenue 6,623,300,096
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.51
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.029060816
Trailing Eps 1.83
Trailing P E 28.551912
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.7372
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 45.8164
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.4336014
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.14042136
Type Disp Equity
Volume 450,854
Website https://www.lambweston.com
Zip 83,616