Lamb Weston Holdings Inc vs NetApp Inc. — how do they compare? Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $52.79 (market cap $7.23B), while NetApp Inc. trades at $199.79 (market cap $38.95B). The key difference: NetApp Inc. is far larger — about 5.4× 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.
| LW | NTAP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $7.23B | $38.95B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Technology |
52-Week High | $66.57 | $198.72 |
52-Week Low | $38.48 | $94.11 |
Enterprise Value | $11.10B | $38.10B |
Dividend Yield | 2.89% | 1.05% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →NetApp is a leading provider of enterprise data management and storage solutions. The company's three operating business units are products, software maintenance, and hardware maintenance. NetApp transitioned from a data center storage firm to a company with software data management solutions for multicloud environments. The California-headquartered company sells globally and has approximately 10,000 employees.
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