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LW (Lamb Weston Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 30.89 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is Lamb Weston Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-07), Lamb Weston Holdings's current share price is $50.97. Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $1.65. Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 30.89.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LW' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 30.64   Med: 32.4   Max: 35.76
Current: 31.84

During the past years, Lamb Weston Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 35.76. The lowest was 30.64. And the median was 32.40.

LW's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
66% of 700 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 21.04 vs LW: 31.84

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Lamb Weston Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was $-0.139. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.65 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Lamb Weston Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lamb Weston Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Lamb Weston Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=50.97/1.65
=30.89

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Lamb Weston Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Lamb Weston Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=-0.139/134.6241*134.6241
=-0.139

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 134.6241.

Lamb Weston Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 1.023 100.333 1.373
201508 0.675 100.548 0.904
201511 0.053 100.135 0.071
201602 0.040 100.040 0.054
201605 0.803 101.355 1.067
201608 0.382 101.617 0.506
201611 -0.144 101.829 -0.190
201702 0.102 102.779 0.134
201705 0.748 103.256 0.975
201708 0.266 103.587 0.346
201711 -0.074 104.072 -0.096
201802 0.528 105.052 0.677
201805 0.466 106.148 0.591
201808 0.957 106.383 1.211
201811 0.037 106.338 0.047
201902 0.365 106.649 0.461
201905 0.995 108.048 1.240
201908 1.280 108.245 1.592
201911 0.469 108.519 0.582
202002 0.344 109.139 0.424
202005 0.669 108.175 0.833
202008 1.564 109.662 1.920
202011 0.316 109.793 0.387
202102 0.042 110.968 0.051
202105 0.835 113.576 0.990
202108 0.564 115.421 0.658
202111 -0.154 117.269 -0.177
202202 -0.716 119.703 -0.805
202205 1.188 123.323 1.297
202208 0.629 124.958 0.678
202211 -0.248 125.607 -0.266
202302 -1.032 126.928 -1.095
202305 1.377 128.314 1.445
202308 0.459 129.538 0.477
202311 -0.823 129.548 -0.855
202402 -1.579 130.930 -1.624
202405 1.039 132.509 1.056
202408 0.030 132.816 0.030
202411 -0.346 133.110 -0.350
202502 -0.139 134.624 -0.139

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lamb Weston Holdings  (NYSE:LW) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Lamb Weston Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
599 S. Rivershore Lane, Eagle, ID, USA, 83616
Lamb Weston is North America's largest and the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, both by volume and value. The company's portfolio is anchored by french fries, but it also sells sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. Roughly two thirds of revenue comes from its home market of North America, with none of the other 100 countries the company sells into representing a significant share. McDonald's is Lamb Weston's single-largest customer at 14% of fiscal 2024 sales, with no other company representing more than 10%. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
Executives
Robert A Niblock director 1605 CURTIS BRIDGE ROAD, WILKESBORO NC 28697
William G Jurgensen director
Charles A Blixt director 1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10019
Eryk J Spytek officer: See Remarks 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Rita Fisher director 1900 W. FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Sukshma Rajagopalan officer: Chief Info and Digital Officer C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Marc Schroeder officer: President, International C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Sharon L. Miller officer: Senior Vice President 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Gregory W Jones officer: Vice President and Controller C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Gerardo Scheufler officer: SVP, Chief Supply Chain Off C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Michael Jared Smith officer: SVP, Growth & Strategy 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Bernadette M Madarieta officer: Vice President and Controller 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Steven J Younes officer: CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
John C Hatto officer: Senior Vice President C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Peter J Bensen director MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, 2915 JORIE BOULEVARD, OAK BROOK IL 60523