Is Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Lamb Weston Holdings's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 20.6, a forward P/E of about 15.9, a price-to-book of about 3.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Lamb Weston Holdings's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.16×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Lamb Weston Holdings's revenue?

Lamb Weston Holdings reported revenue of $6.5B for FY2025, with net profit of $357.2M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Lamb Weston Holdings (LW)?

Lamb Weston Holdings last traded at $47.80 (+1.1% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Lamb Weston Holdings

LW · NYSE · Consumer Staples · United States

$47.80+1.1%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:30 PM

Snapshot

TickerLW

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Staples

IndustryPackaged Foods

CountryUnited States

Employees10,100

HeadquartersEagle, United States

Market cap$6.6B

P/E (TTM)20.6

P/B3.6

Volume1.07M

Websitewww.lambweston.com

Filings tracked5

About Lamb Weston Holdings

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of frozen potato products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It offers frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as under various customer labels. The company also provides its products under its owned or licensed brands, such as Grown in Idaho and Alexia, and other licensed brands, as well as under retailers' own brands. It sells its products through a network of internal sales personnel and independent brokers, agents, and distributors to quick service and full-service restaurants and chains, wholesale, grocery, mass merchants, club retailers, and specialty retailers, as well as foodservice distributors and institutions, including businesses, educational institutions, independent restaurants, regional chain restaurants, and convenience stores. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders3.1%
Institutions96.9%
Public & other0.0%

766 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.12.78%
Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc6.86%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.92%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO5.28%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.52%
Starboard Value LP4.43%
Jana Partners Management, Lp3.63%
State Street Corporation3.31%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 13.3 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.16×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend18.9% → 5.5%

Margin has compressed by about 13.3 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity20.6%

Latest ROE of 20.6% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 10% · PAT -40%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.6B · EPS 0.62

Est. earnings growth -16.4%

Next fiscal year

Rev $6.4B · EPS 3.01

Est. earnings growth +6.9%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$37.6252-wk range$67.07

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$6.6B

Day change

+1.1%

P/E (TTM)

20.6

Fwd P/E

15.9

P/B

3.6

Div yield

3.22%

Beta

0.46

Revenue (FY2025)

$6.5B

Net margin

5.5%

ROE

20.6%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+9.8%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-40.5%

EPS (FY2025)

2.50

Net profit (FY2025)

$357.2M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$6.5B	$357.2M	2.50	5.5%	20.6%
FY2024	$6.5B	$725.5M	4.98	11.2%	40.6%
FY2023	$5.4B	$1.0B	6.95	18.9%	71.5%

Quarterly

Period	Net profit	EPS
2026Q1	$54.0M	0.39
2025Q4	$62.1M	0.44
2025Q3	$64.3M	0.46
2025Q1	$146.0M	1.03
2024Q4	$-36.1M	-0.25
2024Q3	$127.4M	0.88
2024Q1	$146.1M	1.01
2023Q4	$215.0M	1.48
2023Q3	$234.8M	1.60
2023Q1	$175.1M	1.21

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC7/15/2026material
8-K — Costs from exit/disposal
SEC6/4/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Termination of agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC5/26/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/1/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/1/2026

In the news

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