Lamb Weston Holdings Inc vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $46.42 (market cap $6.43B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512.35 (market cap $74.42B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 11.6× Lamb Weston Holdings Inc's market cap, and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.26%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LW | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.43B | $74.42B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $66.57 | $768.02 |
52-Week Low | $38.48 | $496.02 |
Enterprise Value | $10.40B | $88.65B |
Dividend Yield | 3.26% | 1.79% |
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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.
Read more on LW →Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
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