Lamb Weston vs Magnum Ice Cream
LW and MICC side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LW and MICC compare
Lamb Weston grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.6% versus −0.47% for Magnum Ice Cream).
Lamb Weston keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.8% compared with 3.7% at Magnum Ice Cream.
Lamb Weston pays a dividend yielding 2.8%; Magnum Ice Cream does not pay one.
Lamb Weston scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 5 for Magnum Ice Cream), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LW | MICC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.4B | – |
| Share price | $54.08 | $19.87 |
| Change, 1 year | −14.4% | – |
| Change, 5 years | −6.2% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.52 | – |
| Employees | 10K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 29.4× | – |
| P/S | 1.1× | – |
| P/B | 4.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× | – |
| P/FCF | 18.1× | – |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | – |
| Fair value | $61.63 | – |
| Margin of safety | 12.3% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.6% (better) | −0.47% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −13.4% (better) | −49.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.0% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.75% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 34.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 7.8% (better) | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 3.8% (better) | 3.7% |
| FCF margin | 6.2% (better) | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 14.2% | 15.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 25.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.17 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.09 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.45 (better) | 1.01 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.61 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | – |
| Payout ratio | 81.6% | 28.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 10 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.8% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.8% | 47.9% |
| Held by insiders | 10.7% | 19.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $19.4M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.8% | – |
Go deeper
- LW stock overview
- LW income statement
- LW valuation and score
- MICC stock overview
- MICC income statement
- MICC valuation and score
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