Lamb Weston Q4 Earnings Forecast Cut by Zacks Research

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2027 earnings per share estimates for Lamb Weston in a research report issued on Friday, October 16th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.77. Zacks Research has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Lamb Weston’s current full-year earnings is $3.24 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Lamb Weston’s Q1 2028 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q2 2028 earnings at $0.93 EPS and Q4 2028 earnings at $0.82 EPS.

Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 6th. The specialty retailer reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.65 billion. Lamb Weston had a net margin of 3.85% and a return on equity of 23.27%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.74 EPS. Lamb Weston has set its FY 2027 guidance at 3.050-3.350 EPS.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on LW. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $53.00 target price on shares of Lamb Weston in a research report on Wednesday, October 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price target on shares of Lamb Weston from $42.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Lamb Weston from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Lamb Weston from $46.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Lamb Weston from $45.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $53.82.

Lamb Weston Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of LW stock opened at $53.59 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $49.71 and a 200-day moving average of $46.65. The stock has a market cap of $7.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.49. Lamb Weston has a 52-week low of $37.62 and a 52-week high of $67.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 1.45.

Lamb Weston Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 4th. Investors of record on Friday, November 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.38 per share. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 6th. Lamb Weston’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 83.06%.

Institutional Trading of Lamb Weston

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LW. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Lamb Weston in the second quarter valued at approximately $730,276,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new position in shares of Lamb Weston in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $51,521,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in Lamb Weston by 350.9% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,451,954 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $61,360,000 after acquiring an additional 1,129,918 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Lamb Weston by 28.1% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,742,208 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $115,865,000 after purchasing an additional 601,171 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Lamb Weston by 349.1% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 690,493 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $29,180,000 after purchasing an additional 536,745 shares in the last quarter. 89.56% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Lamb Weston Company Profile

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc (NYSE:LW) is a global producer and distributor of frozen potato products. The company supplies French fries, potato wedges, hash browns, tater tots, mashed potatoes, sweet potato products and other potato-based offerings to foodservice operators, restaurants, retailers and institutional customers.

Lamb Weston serves customers in North America and international markets through a portfolio of branded, licensed and customer-specific products. Its offerings are used by restaurants, schools, hospitals, hotels and other foodservice establishments, as well as sold through retail and grocery channels.