Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Debt-to-Equity

: 2.21 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Lamb Weston Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $706 Mil. Lamb Weston Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $3,175 Mil. Lamb Weston Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,758 Mil. Lamb Weston Holdings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.21.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lamb Weston Holdings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LW' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -505.78 Med: 2.26 Max: 24.6
Current: 2.21

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Lamb Weston Holdings was 24.60. The lowest was -505.78. And the median was 2.26.

LW's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
94.28% of 1642 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs LW: 2.21

Lamb Weston Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamb Weston Holdings's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Lamb Weston Holdings Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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-505.78

14.87

5.76

7.63

2.47

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
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.54	2.47	2.31	2.18	2.21

Competitive Comparison

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

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Lamb Weston Holdings Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

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Lamb Weston Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Lamb Weston Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(242.3	+	3248.4)	/	1411.3
	=	2.47

Lamb Weston Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(705.7	+	3175.1)	/	1758.2
	=	2.21

Lamb Weston Holdings (NYSE:LW) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Business Description

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Address

599 S. Rivershore Lane, Eagle, ID, USA, 83616

Website

https://www.lambweston.com

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