2.29% volatility in Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) last month: This is a red flag warning

On Friday, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) was -6.14% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $80.41. A 52-week range for LW has been $52.99 – $111.88.

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Annual sales at Consumer Defensive sector company grew by 12.16% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -16.51%. With a float of $140.26 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $143.67 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 10700 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 25.53%, operating margin of 15.23%, and the pretax margin is 12.45%.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Insider Updates

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Lamb Weston Holdings Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc is 2.91%, while institutional ownership is 92.00%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 31 ’24, was worth 212,082. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 26 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 10,000 for $55.43, making the entire transaction worth $554,291. This insider now owns 173,377 shares in total.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 8/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 1.45 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 1.42) by 0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.32 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -16.51% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 0.57% during the next five years compared to 9.43% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.56.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.26, a number that is poised to hit 1.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.95 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW)

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) saw its 5-day average volume 2.03 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 2.51 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 44.76%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.96.

During the past 100 days, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc’s (LW) raw stochastic average was set at 71.46%, which indicates a significant increase from 3.14% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.70% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 62.51% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $71.80, while its 200-day Moving Average is $80.78. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $78.82 in the near term. At $82.17, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $83.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $73.69, it is likely to go to the next support level at $71.91. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $68.56.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW) Key Stats

There are 142,598K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 10.10 billion. As of now, sales total 6,468 M while income totals 725,500 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,654 M while its last quarter net income were 127,400 K.