Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) closed at $63.05 down -3.78% from its previous closing price of $65.53. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.16 million shares were traded. LW stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.81 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $63.025.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.53 and its Current Ratio is at 1.35. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.26.

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 the company, Citigroup on December 20, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $68 from $90 previously.

On December 12, 2024, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $81.

On December 03, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Perform rating and target price of $85.Bernstein initiated its Mkt Perform rating on December 03, 2024, with a $85 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 23 ’24 when BLIXT CHARLES A bought 1,200 shares for $63.25 per share. The transaction valued at 75,901 led to the insider holds 22,982 shares of the business.

JURGENSEN WILLIAM G bought 5,000 shares of LW for $316,350 on Dec 23 ’24. The Director now owns 181,250 shares after completing the transaction at $63.27 per share. On Oct 31 ’24, another insider, Rajagopalan Sukshma, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 2,719 shares for $78.00 each.

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 9347225600 and an Enterprise Value of 15095197696. As of this moment, Lamb’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.92, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.16. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.51. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.338 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.662.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for LW is 0.73, which has changed by -0.38990784 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24933672 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LW has reached a high of $111.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $52.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.00%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -17.02%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, LW has traded an average of 2.53M shares per day and 3937120 over the past ten days. A total of 142.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 140.28M. Insiders hold about 1.65% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.63% stake in the company. Shares short for LW as of 1732838400 were 7444374 with a Short Ratio of 2.88, compared to 1730332800 on 7240582. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7444374 and a Short% of Float of 6.800000000000001.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.31.

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