Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.27% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 0.70 percentage points from 3.98% a year earlier and down 0.55 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Lamb Weston Holdings posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.82%, down 0.81 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -3.34 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 4.63% in FY2025 (-5.44 pp), 10.07% in FY2024 (-0.21 pp), 10.29% in FY2023 (+5.22 pp) and 5.07% in FY2022 (-2.10 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2017.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.61 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was fiscal Q3 2023 (a gain of 7.16 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 5.90 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 3.82% (Q4 2026), 4.01% (Q3 2026) and 5.33% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 146.13 Bn | 97.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.52 Bn | 76.79 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 4.96% |
| 3 | Hershey | 35.34 Bn | 31.58 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 10.71% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.67 Bn | 16.09 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.38% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.81 Bn | 16.45 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -2.96% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.20 Bn | 13.99 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 1.42% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.07 Bn | 12.13 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.69% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.74 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 2.57% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.07 Bn | 6.36 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 7.77% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.60 Bn | 7.22 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 3.27% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.27% |
| May 31, 2026 | 3.82% |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 4.01% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 5.33% |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 3.98% |
| May 25, 2025 | 4.62% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 4.62% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 4.60% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 7.97% |
| May 26, 2024 | 9.58% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 9.24% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 10.51% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 10.93% |
| May 28, 2023 | 9.45% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 11.49% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 9.65% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 5.74% |
| May 29, 2022 | 5.14% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 4.33% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 3.77% |
API Access
Lamb Weston Holdings Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();