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Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Packaged Foods industry segment, falling under the Consumer Defensive sector. The current market capitalization of Lancaster Colony Corp is $4.66B. A total of 0.17 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 184.68K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Ciesinski David Alan sold 17,000 shares of LANC for 191.19 per share on Feb 13 ’25. After the transaction, the President and CEO now owns 54,644 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 13 ’25, Ciesinski David Alan bought 17,000 shares at 187.00 per share.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Fullen Elliot K. acquired of 3,000 shares on Aug 27 ’24 at a per-share price of $169.00. This resulted in the Director holding 5,298 shares of LANC after the transaction.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Lancaster Colony Corp pays an annual dividend of $3.75, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.22%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.46. LANC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.3% when it declared a $0.95 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 6/6/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 3/7/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 1.98%. The LANC stock dividend was $0.95 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LANC has a high of $202.63 and a low of $156.14.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. LANC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $60.28M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $36.23M in debt and $165.59M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $36.14, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $844.69M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. 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 LANC is Buy with a score of 3.80.
