Potato products company Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
Lamb Weston beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.68 billion, up 4% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Lamb Weston’s revenue to decline 2.2% year on year to $1.62 billion, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.53 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Lamb Weston has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Lamb Weston’s peers in the consumer staples segment, only General Mills has reported results so far. It met analysts’ revenue estimates, posting year-on-year sales declines of 6.8%. The stock price was unchanged following the results.
Read our full analysis of General Mills’s earnings results here.Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the consumer staples stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.9% on average over the last month. Lamb Weston is down 2.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $63.82 (compared to the current share price of $55.32).
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