Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)

Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.22% for Q1 2026, down 168.0% year-over-year from 15.02% in Q1 2025, and down 17.73% quarter-over-quarter from 12.42% in Q4 2025.

Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) has 10 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.22% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.22%, down 168.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 10.22% (down 168.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.27%, down 876.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed declined to 10.22% in Q1 2026 per LW's latest filing, from 12.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 20.91% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.52% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 14.84% and a median of 15.49% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 2020 bps in 2023, then tumbled 952 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 19.56% in 2022, then rose by 7 bps to 20.91% in 2023, then tumbled by 46 bps to 11.39% in 2024, then grew by 9 bps to 12.42% in 2025, then dropped by 18 bps to 10.22% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LW's Return on Capital Employed at 10.22% in Q1 2026, 12.42% in Q4 2025, and 10.06% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
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3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 14.64%
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn 11.24%
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.10%
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 9.47%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn -4.68%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.03%
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 5.85 Bn 5.80 Bn 331.60 Mn 10.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 22, 2026 10.22%
Nov 23, 2025 12.42%
Aug 24, 2025 10.06%
May 25, 2025 11.21%
Feb 23, 2025 11.89%
Nov 24, 2024 11.39%
Aug 25, 2024 16.71%
May 26, 2024 18.75%
Feb 25, 2024 19.51%
Nov 26, 2023 20.91%
Aug 27, 2023 19.99%
May 28, 2023 19.85%
Feb 26, 2023 20.72%
Nov 27, 2022 19.56%
Aug 28, 2022 15.49%
May 29, 2022 12.99%
Feb 27, 2022 0.52%
Nov 28, 2021 -0.43%
Aug 29, 2021 0.29%
May 30, 2021 2.40%