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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) : 5.96 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Lamb Weston Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Lamb Weston Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $5.96. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 14.07.


The historical rank and industry rank for Lamb Weston Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

LW' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.39   Med: 33.2   Max: 111.33
Current: 13.93


During the past 10 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Lamb Weston Holdings was 111.33. The lowest was 13.39. And the median was 33.20.


LW's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked better than
51.67% of 900 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 14.615 vs LW: 13.93

Lamb Weston Holdings's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.01. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $7.49. It's PE Ratio ratio for today is 11.19.

Lamb Weston Holdings's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.01. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $5.31. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is 15.79.


Lamb Weston Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamb Weston Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lamb Weston Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Lamb Weston Holdings Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 2.13 2.34 0.74 6.16

Lamb Weston Holdings Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.28 6.16 5.68 6.33 5.96

Competitive Comparison of Lamb Weston Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lamb Weston Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lamb Weston Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lamb Weston Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lamb Weston Holdings's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.



Lamb Weston Holdings Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Lamb Weston Holdings's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

TTM / Last Quarter Average of Last 20 Quarters
Net Income 1,095
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 290
Change In Deferred Tax 27
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 377
Change In Working Capital -169
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 145

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Lamb Weston Holdings's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,095 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Lamb Weston Holdings's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $290 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Lamb Weston Holdings's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $27 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $377 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous quarter. If the revenue decreased from the previous quarter, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous quarter, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Lamb Weston Holdings's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $377 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Lamb Weston Holdings's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $-169 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Lamb Weston Holdings's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was 145.300 Mil.

Lamb Weston Holdings's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( 1094.7 +289.5+27.2
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-376.88914264875+-168.8)/145.300
=5.96

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=83.85/5.96
=14.07

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
599 S. Rivershore Lane, Eagle, ID, USA, 83616
Lamb Weston is North America's largest and the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, both by volume and value. The company's portfolio is anchored by French fries, but it also sells sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. Nearly 70% of revenue comes from its home market of North America, with none of the other 100 countries the company sells into representing a significant share. McDonald's is Lamb Weston's single largest customer at 13% of fiscal 2023 sales, with no other company representing more than 10%. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
Executives
William G Jurgensen director
Eryk J Spytek officer: See Remarks 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Rita Fisher director 1900 W. FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Sukshma Rajagopalan officer: Chief Info and Digital Officer C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Marc Schroeder officer: President, International C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Sharon L. Miller officer: Senior Vice President 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Gregory W Jones officer: Vice President and Controller C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Bernadette M Madarieta officer: Vice President and Controller 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Michael Jared Smith officer: SVP, Growth & Strategy 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Gerardo Scheufler officer: SVP, Chief Supply Chain Off C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Steven J Younes officer: CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
John C Hatto officer: Senior Vice President C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Robert A Niblock director 1605 CURTIS BRIDGE ROAD, WILKESBORO NC 28697
Peter J Bensen director MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, 2915 JORIE BOULEVARD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Thomas P. Werner director, officer: President C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616

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