Southwest Airlines Co vs Lamb Weston Holdings Inc — how do they compare? Southwest Airlines Co trades at $45.21 (market cap $22.27B), while Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $52.79 (market cap $7.23B). The key difference: Southwest Airlines Co is far larger — about 3.1× Lamb Weston Holdings Inc's market cap, and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (2.89%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUV | LW | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $22.27B | $7.23B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $54.80 | $66.57 |
52-Week Low | $29.67 | $38.48 |
Enterprise Value | $25.37B | $11.10B |
Dividend Yield | 1.58% | 2.89% |
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Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the United States, as measured by the number of originating passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite expanding into longer routes and business travel, the airline still specializes in short-haul leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.
Read more on LUV →Lamb Weston is the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, such as French fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. The company also has a small appetizer business that produces onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and cheese curds. Including joint ventures, 63% of fiscal 2022 revenue was U.S.-based, with the remainder stemming from Europe, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Mexico, and several other countries. Lamb Weston's customer mix is estimated 58% quick-serve restaurants, 19% full-service restaurants, 8% other food services (hotels, commercial cafeterias, arenas, schools), and 16% retail. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
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