Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is a global producer, distributor, and marketer of value-added frozen potato products. Co. is a supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the globe. Co.'s segments include North America and International. Co.'s frozen potato products are sold in North America and international markets generally to North American-based restaurant chains and international customers, comprised of global and regional quick service and full-service restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, and retailers. We show 30 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our LW shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute LW market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing LW market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing LW's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of LW versus a peer is one thing; comparing
LW market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like LW can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching LW by allowing them to research the LW market cap history. |
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