Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 7.04% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), down 0.95 percentage points from 7.98% a year earlier and down 0.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Lamb Weston Holdings' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 7.01%, down 1.16 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -3.12 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Lamb Weston Holdings' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 8.17% in FY2025 (-7.12 pp), 15.29% in FY2024 (-0.43 pp), 15.71% in FY2023 (+5.19 pp) and 10.52% in FY2022 (+0.40 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to fiscal Q3 2017.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.88 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2023, with a gain of 7.76 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a drop of 8.49 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 7.25% (Q3 2026), 9.00% (Q2 2026) and 7.07% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 7.21% |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 16.53% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -4.99% |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.98% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 3.60% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 5.97% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.50% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 6.00 Bn | 5.69 Bn | 361.40 Mn | 7.04% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 7.04% |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 7.25% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 9.00% |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 7.07% |
| May 25, 2025 | 7.98% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 7.94% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 7.89% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 12.26% |
| May 26, 2024 | 14.29% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 14.23% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 16.38% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 16.54% |
| May 28, 2023 | 14.21% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 17.43% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 15.44% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 10.96% |
| May 29, 2022 | 10.69% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 9.67% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 9.13% |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 9.38% |
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Lamb Weston Holdings Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();