Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Payout Ratio (2018 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings' (LW) Payout Ratio came in at 0.72 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 23.5% from 0.58 a year earlier and up 3.9% from the prior quarter.
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Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Payout Ratio (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2018, Lamb Weston Holdings has reported Payout Ratio for 33 quarters.
- Annual Payout Ratio has increased for three consecutive fiscal years.
- In prior fiscal years, Lamb Weston Holdings' Payout Ratio was 0.58 in FY2025 (+141.5%), 0.24 in FY2024 (+65.6%), 0.14 in FY2023 (-79.0%) and 0.69 in FY2022 (+61.8%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Payout Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q4 2018.
- On a year-over-year basis, Payout Ratio increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 122.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2025, with growth of 281.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a decline of 79.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.69 (Q3 2026), 0.53 (Q2 2026) and 0.70 (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 5.74 Bn | 5.43 Bn | 361.40 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 0.72 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 0.69 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0.53 |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 0.70 |
| May 25, 2025 | 0.58 |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 0.56 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 0.53 |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 0.30 |
| May 26, 2024 | 0.24 |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 0.15 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 0.14 |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 0.15 |
| May 28, 2023 | 0.14 |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 0.26 |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 0.30 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 0.35 |
| May 29, 2022 | 0.69 |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 0.59 |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 0.71 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 0.53 |
API Access
Lamb Weston Holdings Payout Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "ticker": "LW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();