secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)
CIK:        0001679273
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T12:02:01+00:00
Accession:  0001679273-26-000051
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Lamb Weston Q1 FY27 sales $1.67B, adj EPS $0.75; raises FY27 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $1.125-1.215B
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- Q1 FY27 net sales rose 1% YoY to $1.67B; net income fell 55% to $29M, adjusted net income flat at $103M, and adjusted EBITDA declined 5% to $286M.
- Reported diluted EPS was $0.21 vs $0.46; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.75, up 1% YoY. North America sales grew 5% to $1.14B on 7% volume growth, seventh straight quarter of volume gains.
- International sales fell 8% to $529M and segment adjusted EBITDA dropped 54% to $27M on lower Europe volume, prior-year potato cost carry-in, factory underutilization and inflation.
- FY27 outlook raised: adjusted EBITDA to $1.125-1.215B (from $1.10-1.20B) and adjusted diluted EPS to $3.05-3.35 (from $2.95-3.25); net sales now up low single digits.
- Board declared $0.38/share quarterly dividend payable Dec 4, 2026 to holders of record Nov 6, 2026; Q1 returned $52M via dividends, no buybacks, $245M remaining authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679273/000167927326000051/0001679273-26-000051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679273/000167927326000051/lw-20261006.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001679273-26-000051

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