Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Price to Earnings (2016 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings' Price to Earnings came in at 20.47 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 3.8% from 19.72 a year earlier but down 7.8% from the prior quarter.
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Price to Earnings (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Going back to fiscal Q2 2017, Lamb Weston Holdings' Price to Earnings data covers 39 quarters.
- 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 five-year range for quarterly Price to Earnings is 12.75 (fiscal Q2 2024) to 48.76 (fiscal Q4 2022).
- Year-over-year, Price to Earnings increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 34.0%.
- 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 22.19 (Q3 2026), 20.42 (Q2 2026) and 27.00 (Q1 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 6.00 Bn | 5.69 Bn | 361.40 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 37.07 |
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();