Is Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) The Best Stock To Invest In?

After Hours

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Stocks Info

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc is listed on the NYSE in the Consumer Defensive sector while operating in the Packaged Foods industry. The current market capitalization of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc is $7.70B. A total of 2.72 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.61M shares.

In the most recent transaction, NIBLOCK ROBERT A bought 3,000 shares of LW for 60.94 per share on Jan 13 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 26,406 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 23 ’24, BLIXT CHARLES A bought 1,200 shares at 63.25 per share. LW shares that Director owns now total 22,982.

Among the insiders who bought shares, JURGENSEN WILLIAM G acquired of 5,000 shares on Dec 23 ’24 at a per-share price of $63.27. This resulted in the Director holding 181,250 shares of LW after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Rajagopalan Sukshma bought 2,719 shares at $78.00 per share on Oct 31 ’24.

Dividend

The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.45, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.68%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.35. LW’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.81% when it declared a $0.37 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 5/2/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/31/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 2.4%. The LW stock dividend was $0.37 per share in cash.

Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LW has a high of $107.50 and a low of $47.90.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. LW’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $525.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $2.75B in debt and $699.10M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $11.45, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $360.50M.

Analysts Opinion

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LW is Buy with a score of 3.73.

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