---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LW"
cik: "0001679273"
company_name: "Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:15:10.805754+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lamb Weston Q2 EPS down 67%; FY22 gross margin outlook cut to 18-20%

## Summary
- Net sales up 12% to $1.01B; net income down 66% to $32.5M; diluted EPS $0.22 vs $0.66.
- Adjusted diluted EPS down 24% to $0.50; adjusted EBITDA down 15% to $180.9M.
- Global segment sales +9%; Foodservice +30%; Retail +1%; margins declined in Global and Retail.
- Refinanced $1.7B debt, recognized $53.3M loss on extinguishment ($0.28/share after-tax).
- FY22 gross margin now 18-20% (previous 17-21%); cites cost inflation, labor shortages, poor potato harvest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LW
- cik: 0001679273
- company_name: Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679273/000155837022000086/0001558370-22-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679273/000155837022000086/lw-20220106x8k.htm

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