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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) PB Ratio

: 6.59 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), Lamb Weston Holdings's share price is $80.29. Lamb Weston Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $12.18. Hence, Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 6.59.

Good Sign:

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc stock PB Ratio (=6.6) is close to 5-year low of 6.55

The historical rank and industry rank for Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LW' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.55   Med: 24.94   Max: 132.88
Current: 6.59

During the past 10 years, Lamb Weston Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 132.88. The lowest was 6.55. And the median was 24.94.

LW's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
93.67% of 1786 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.47 vs LW: 6.59

During the past 12 months, Lamb Weston Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 144.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 80.70% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lamb Weston Holdings was 80.70% per year. The lowest was 80.70% per year. And the median was 80.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lamb Weston Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio 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 Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 36.56 25.10 27.01 11.48

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
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.24 11.48 9.39 8.66 8.39

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.



Lamb Weston Holdings PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Lamb Weston Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=80.29/12.177
=6.59

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Lamb Weston Holdings  (NYSE:LW) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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