Growth Metrics

Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Lamb Weston Holdings has reported Operating Margin over the past 12 years, most recently at 8.09% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 827.0% to 8.09% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 9.33% through Feb 2026, down 150.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.31% for FY2025, 616.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 8.09% for Q1 2026 at Lamb Weston Holdings, down from 8.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 21.29% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.16% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 13.18% (2024), against an average of 13.32%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin soared 4060bps in 2022 and then crashed -1649bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 21.29% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 17.64% in 2023, then plummeted by -93bps to 1.16% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 644bps to 8.6% in 2025, then dropped by -6bps to 8.09% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LW's Operating Margin are 8.09% (Q1 2026), 8.6% (Q4 2025), and 9.43% (Q3 2025).