Lamb Weston vs Post
LW and POST 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 POST compare
Lamb Weston is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as Post ($7.8B against $3.6B).
On earnings, Post is cheaper: it trades at 15.2× trailing earnings, against 30.9× for Lamb Weston.
Post grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus 2.6% for Lamb Weston).
Lamb Weston keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.8% compared with 3.5% at Post.
Lamb Weston pays a dividend yielding 2.0%; Post does not pay one.
Post scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Lamb Weston), 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 | POST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.8B | $3.6B |
| Share price | $56.87 | $81.83 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.8% | −23.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 0.89% | −19.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.52 | 0.35 |
| Employees | 10K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.9× | 15.2× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 4.3× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6× | 8.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 19.0× | 6.5× (better) |
| FCF yield | 5.3% | 15.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $61.92 | $157.36 |
| Margin of safety | 8.2% | 48.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.6% | 6.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.5% (better) | 11.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −13.4% (better) | −20.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.0% | −7.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.75% | 253% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 28.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 9.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.8% (better) | 3.5% |
| FCF margin | 6.2% | 6.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.2% (better) | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% (better) | 5.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.17 (better) | 2.48 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.09 (better) | 5.34 |
| Interest coverage | – | 1.9× |
| Current ratio | 1.45 | 1.85 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.65 (better) | 1.43 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 81.6% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 10 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 33.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 33.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.6% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 10.8% | 16.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $19.4M (better) | −$33.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 14.1% |
Go deeper
- LW stock overview
- LW income statement
- LW valuation and score
- POST stock overview
- POST income statement
- POST valuation and score
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