Lamb Weston Holdings Inc vs Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF — how do they compare? Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $52.79 (market cap $7.23B), while Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF trades at $81.18. The key difference: Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays a 2.89% dividend while Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF pays none, and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LW | VCIT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $7.23B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Fixed Income |
52-Week High | $66.57 | $84.82 |
52-Week Low | $38.48 | $81.07 |
Enterprise Value | $11.10B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.89% | — |
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 →VCIT tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index, providing exposure to investment-grade debt from industrial, utility, and financial companies. It acts as a middle-ground bond fund, offering higher yields than short-term bonds with less price volatility than long-term corporate debt.
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