Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) posted Tax Rate of 42.46% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), unchanged from 42.46% a year earlier and up 31.00 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 30, 2026, Tax Rate at Lamb Weston Holdings was 28.76%, down 3.77 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was 31.20%, up 1.70 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +5.81 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Lamb Weston Holdings' Tax Rate was 29.50% in FY2025 (+4.75 pp), 24.74% in FY2024 (-4.31 pp), 29.06% in FY2023 (+3.72 pp) and 25.34% in FY2022 (-0.05 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of 11.46% in fiscal Q4 2026 to a high of 56.26% in fiscal Q1 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in three of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.38 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2023, with a gain of 29.32 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2024, with a drop of 32.37 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was 11.46% (Q4 2026), 37.13% (Q3 2026) and 37.93% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.42 Bn | 95.87 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 81.91 Bn | 75.17 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 19.17% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.17 Bn | 30.41 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 22.20% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.40 Bn | 15.81 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.49 Bn | 16.14 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 24.46% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.88 Bn | 13.66 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 24.21% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.93 Bn | 12.00 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 32.30% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.58 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 42.30% |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.92 Bn | 6.21 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 28.06% |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.43 Bn | 7.06 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 42.46% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 42.46% |
| May 31, 2026 | 11.46% |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 37.13% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 37.93% |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 42.46% |
| May 25, 2025 | 15.11% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 28.55% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 30.44% |
| May 26, 2024 | 29.44% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 22.90% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 23.94% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 23.89% |
| May 28, 2023 | 46.69% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 17.51% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 14.89% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 56.26% |
| May 29, 2022 | 20.16% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 28.80% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 30.00% |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 26.93% |
Lamb Weston Holdings Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=LW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();