Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.70% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 1.37 percentage points from 10.06% a year earlier and down 1.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Lamb Weston Holdings' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 9.90%, down 1.37 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -2.54 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Lamb Weston Holdings' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 11.27% in FY2025 (-8.76 pp), 20.03% in FY2024 (-2.19 pp), 22.22% in FY2023 (+9.43 pp) and 12.79% in FY2022 (+0.35 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2017.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.33 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2023, with a gain of 9.13 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a drop of 9.52 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 9.90% (Q4 2026), 10.22% (Q3 2026) and 12.42% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.80 Bn | 96.26 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 82.03 Bn | 75.30 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 8.97% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.83 Bn | 31.08 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.49% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.38 Bn | 15.80 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.62% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.65 Bn | 16.29 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.89% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.04 Bn | 13.82 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.93% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.00 Bn | 12.06 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 8.50% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.55 Bn | 8.22 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.01% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.91 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 24.87% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.55 Bn | 7.18 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 8.70% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 8.70% |
| May 31, 2026 | 9.90% |
| 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 | 11.59% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 10.77% |
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Lamb Weston Holdings Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();