Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings' (LW) FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.36 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 89.6% from 0.19 a year earlier and up 36.1% from the prior quarter.
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Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 30, 2026, FCF Payout Ratio at Lamb Weston Holdings was 0.50, up 22.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at 0.38, down 57.3% from FY2025.
- In prior fiscal years, Lamb Weston Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio was 0.90 in FY2025, 1.36 in FY2023 (+26.0%) and 1.08 in FY2022 (+222.8%).
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio has run from a low of 0.18 in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of 12.02 in fiscal Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Payout Ratio increased in two of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 2.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Payout Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2027, with growth of 89.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2026, with a decline of 98.4%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 146.11 Bn | 99.98 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.20 Bn | 76.52 Bn | 3.99 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 35.53 Bn | 31.77 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.87 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.73 Bn | 16.26 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.80 Bn | 16.46 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 1.59 |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.25 Bn | 14.03 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 0.35 |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.11 Bn | 12.76 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 1.15 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.76 Bn | 8.44 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 0.93 |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.96 Bn | 6.25 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.60 Bn | 7.23 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 0.36 |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 0.36 |
| May 31, 2026 | 0.27 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0.51 |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 0.19 |
| May 25, 2025 | 0.18 |
| May 26, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 1.36 |
| May 28, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 0.50 |
| May 29, 2022 | 0.21 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 0.41 |
| May 30, 2021 | 0.28 |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 11.23 |
| Nov 29, 2020 | 0.70 |
| Aug 30, 2020 | 0.15 |
| May 31, 2020 | 0.41 |
| Feb 23, 2020 | 0.64 |
| Nov 24, 2019 | 0.59 |
| Aug 25, 2019 | 0.16 |
| May 26, 2019 | 0.20 |
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Lamb Weston Holdings FCF Payout Ratio API
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params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-ratio", "ticker": "LW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
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const data = await res.json();