Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW] is -39.61% lower this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [NYSE: LW] jumped around 1.59 points on Thursday, while shares priced at $65.28 at the close of the session, up 2.50%.

Compared to the average trading volume of 2.66M shares, LW reached a trading volume of 3467714 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

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What do top market gurus say about Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LW shares is $68.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LW stock is a recommendation set at 2.31. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Citigroup have made an estimate for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on December 20, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Deutsche Bank raised their target price to Hold. The new note on the price target was released on December 12, 2024, representing the official price target for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $85, while Bernstein analysts kept a Mkt Perform rating on LW stock. On October 07, 2024, analysts increased their price target for LW shares from 63 to 68.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc is set at 3.48, with the Price to Sales ratio for LW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.47. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.70, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.55.

How has LW stock performed recently?

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -16.54. With this latest performance, LW shares dropped by -14.98% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -21.77% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -38.71% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LW stock in for the last two-week period is set at 35.06, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 33.18, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 37.51 for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 76.20, while it was recorded at 63.49 for the last single week of trading, and 77.10 for the last 200 days.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.53 and a Current Ratio set at 1.35.

Earnings analysis for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for LW. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc go to 1.00%.

Insider trade positions for Lamb Weston Holdings Inc [LW]

There are presently around $93.85%, or 94.68%% of LW stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of LW stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 17.05 million shares, which is approximately 11.7961%. FMR LLC, holding 15.92 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.34 billion in LW stocks shares; and FMR LLC, currently with $$850.5 million in LW stock with ownership which is approximately 7.0003%.