Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Price to Earnings (2016 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings' Price to Earnings came in at 29.73 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 10.1% from 27.00 a year earlier and up 45.2% from the prior quarter.
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Price to Earnings (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Lamb Weston Holdings' Price to Earnings was 20.47, up 3.8% from FY2025.
- Price to Earnings has increased in each of the last three fiscal years.
- Going back by fiscal year, Price to Earnings was 19.72 in FY2025 (+11.6%), 17.67 in FY2024 (+11.8%), 15.80 in FY2023 (-67.6%) and 48.76 in FY2022 (+28.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year-over-year, Price to Earnings has increased for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 34.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Price to Earnings over five years came in fiscal Q2 2025 (growth of 134.5%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a decline of 67.6%).
- Business Quant data shows LW's Price to Earnings at 20.47 (Q4 2026), 22.19 (Q3 2026) and 20.42 (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.42 Bn | 95.87 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 81.91 Bn | 75.17 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.17 Bn | 30.41 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.40 Bn | 15.81 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.49 Bn | 16.14 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.88 Bn | 13.66 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.93 Bn | 12.00 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.58 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.92 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.43 Bn | 7.06 Bn | 266.50 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 29.73 |
| May 31, 2026 | 20.47 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 22.19 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 20.42 |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 27.00 |
| May 25, 2025 | 19.72 |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 21.46 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 29.89 |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 14.46 |
| May 26, 2024 | 17.66 |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 13.54 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 12.75 |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 13.80 |
| May 28, 2023 | 15.80 |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 26.87 |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 26.17 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 28.81 |
| May 29, 2022 | 48.76 |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 41.81 |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 39.50 |
Lamb Weston Holdings Price to Earnings 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=price-to-earnings&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();