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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Piotroski F-Score

: 5 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Lamb Weston Holdings has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lamb Weston Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LW' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Lamb Weston Holdings was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Lamb Weston Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lamb Weston Holdings's Piotroski F-Score 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 Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 5.00

Lamb Weston Holdings Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Piotroski F-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lamb Weston Holdings's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lamb Weston Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lamb Weston Holdings's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* 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.

This Year (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Net Income was 498.8 + 234.8 + 215 + 146.1 = $1,095 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 426.6 + 334.6 + 120.6 + 26.3 = $908 Mil.
Revenue was 1694.9 + 1665.3 + 1732.1 + 1458.3 = $6,551 Mil.
Gross Profit was 379.4 + 499.5 + 475.6 + 403.7 = $1,758 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Feb23)
to the end of this year (Feb24) was
(5087.3 + 6519.8 + 6539.6 + 7045.3 + 7245.7) / 5 = $6487.54 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Feb23) was $5,087 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,175 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,159 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,816 Mil.
Net Income was 32 + 231.9 + 103.1 + 175.1 = $542 Mil.

Revenue was 1153.1 + 1125.6 + 1276.5 + 1253.6 = $4,809 Mil.
Gross Profit was 254.2 + 273.3 + 381.6 + 397.8 = $1,307 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Feb22)
to the end of last year (Feb23) was
(4100.8 + 4139.8 + 4409.7 + 4569.6 + 5087.3) / 5 = $4461.44 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Feb22) was $4,101 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,164 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,118 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $817 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Lamb Weston Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,095. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Lamb Weston Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 908. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Feb23)
=1094.7/5087.3
=0.21518291

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Feb22)
=542.1/4100.8
=0.13219372

Lamb Weston Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.21518291. Lamb Weston Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.13219372. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Lamb Weston Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,095. Lamb Weston Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 908. ==> 908 <= 1,095 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Feb24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb23 to Feb24
=3175.1/6487.54
=0.48941509

Gearing (Last Year: Feb23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb22 to Feb23
=3163.9/4461.44
=0.70916565

Lamb Weston Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.48941509. Lamb Weston Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.70916565. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Feb24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2159.1/1816
=1.18893172

Current Ratio (Last Year: Feb23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2117.9/817.3
=2.59133733

Lamb Weston Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.18893172. Lamb Weston Holdings's current ratio of last year was 2.59133733. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Lamb Weston Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 145.3. Lamb Weston Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 144.8. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1758.2/6550.6
=0.26840289

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1306.9/4808.8
=0.27177258

Lamb Weston Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.26840289. Lamb Weston Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.27177258. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Feb23)
=6550.6/5087.3
=1.28763784

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Feb22)
=4808.8/4100.8
=1.17264924

Lamb Weston Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 1.28763784. Lamb Weston Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 1.17264924. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+0+1+0+0+0+1
=5

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Lamb Weston Holdings has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Lamb Weston Holdings  (NYSE:LW) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Lamb Weston Holdings (Lamb Weston Holdings) Business Description

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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. Nearly 70% 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 13% of fiscal 2023 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
William G Jurgensen director
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
Bernadette M Madarieta officer: Vice President and Controller 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616
Michael Jared Smith officer: SVP, Growth & Strategy 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
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
Robert A Niblock director 1605 CURTIS BRIDGE ROAD, WILKESBORO NC 28697
Peter J Bensen director MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, 2915 JORIE BOULEVARD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Thomas P. Werner director, officer: President C/O LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC., 599 S. RIVERSHORE LANE, EAGLE ID 83616

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