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Buybacks for Lamb Weston (LW)

TTM repurchases $159.80M · 5Y diluted share change -3.0% · SBC coverage 4.09×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

2.43%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

5.59%

5Y share count change

-3.0%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$159.80M

Key takeaways

  • Lamb Weston (LW) repurchased about $159.80M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 3.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 4.09× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +59.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 37% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Lamb Weston (LW)

Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.

Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Lamb Weston (LW)

Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.

Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Lamb Weston (LW)

Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.

Cash buyback spend over time for Lamb Weston (LW)

Latest: $294.40M

Overview

Lamb Weston (LW) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $294.40M (2025) – surged 30.7% year-over-year.

Across 2020–2025 (5 years), Lamb Weston buyback spend produced a CAGR of +59.1% – sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.

2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $294.40M, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2013.

Lamb Weston Buyback Spend 2025: $294.40M

2025's buyback spend for Lamb Weston came in at $294.40M, surged 30.7% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Lamb Weston Buyback Spend 2024: $225.30M

Lamb Weston posted buyback spend of $225.30M in 2024, surged 336.6% from 2023.

Lamb Weston Buyback Spend 2023: $51.60M

In 2023, Lamb Weston reported buyback spend of $51.60M, plunged 67.4% below 2022.

Lamb Weston Buyback Spend 2022: $158.40M

Lamb Weston buyback spend in 2022 was $158.40M, surged 338.8% from 2021.

Lamb Weston Buyback Spend 2021: $36.10M

Lamb Weston buyback spend in 2021 was $36.10M.

See more financial history for Lamb Weston (LW).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$294.40M
  • 2024$225.30M
  • 2023$51.60M
  • 2022$158.40M
  • 2021$36.10M
  • 2020$28.90M
  • 2019$36.40M
  • 2018$2.70M
  • 2017$200.00K
  • 2016$0.00
  • 2015$0.00
  • 2014$0.00
  • 2013$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Lamb Weston (LW)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 4.09×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Lamb Weston (LW)

How Lamb Weston splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Lamb Weston, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

Buyback capacity (TTM)

Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)37% of headroom

Headroom $427.40M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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