Lamb Weston Holdings (LW)☆

Lamb Weston is a leading producer of frozen potato products such as french fries. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Consumer Staples sector — food, beverage and household-goods companies that tend to hold up in any economy.

Lamb Weston Holdings trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol LW. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $46.79, down 0.28% on the session, giving Lamb Weston Holdings a market capitalization of roughly $6.46B.

Over the past 52 weeks, LW has traded between $37.62 and $67.07. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 22.1, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Lamb Weston Holdings also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 3.24%.

As one of the larger companies in the Consumer Staples sector, Lamb Weston Holdings is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across food, beverage and household-goods companies that tend to hold up in any economy. Traders watch LW for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.