Insider’s View: Deciphering Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) closed at $80.48 in the last session, down -2.33% from day before closing price of $82.40. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.21 million shares were traded. LW stock price reached its highest trading level at $82.695 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $80.01.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at LW’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.52 and its Current Ratio is at 1.19. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.21 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.81.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Exane BNP Paribas on March 11, 2024, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $128.

On February 01, 2024, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $132.

On December 12, 2023, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $120.Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating on December 12, 2023, with a $120 target price.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 16 ’23 when JURGENSEN WILLIAM G bought 3,000 shares for $84.35 per share. The transaction valued at 253,050 led to the insider holds 162,835 shares of the business.

Spytek Eryk J sold 6,319 shares of LW for $652,310 on Aug 02 ’23. The GEN COUNSEL & CHIEF COMPL OFF now owns 1,052 shares after completing the transaction at $103.23 per share.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LW now has a Market Capitalization of 11620588544 and an Enterprise Value of 15439089664. As of this moment, Lamb’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.76, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.96. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.74. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.61. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.357 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.251.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for LW is 0.73, which has changed by -0.27174014 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.2553556 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LW has reached a high of $117.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.14%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, LW traded on average about 2.16M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2135750 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 145.67M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 141.66M. Insiders hold about 1.89% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.92% stake in the company. Shares short for LW as of 1718323200 were 8244749 with a Short Ratio of 3.81, compared to 1715731200 on 7321601. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8244749 and a Short% of Float of 6.4899996.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for LW is 1.28, which was 1.2 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014563107The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.23.

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