LAMB WESTON HLDGS INC LW
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 513272104 · ISIN US5132721045
American food processing company
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryCanned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties
- HeadquartersEagle, ID
- Founded1950
- Websitelambweston.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($16.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 143.7m as of 2024-07-17, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $83.88. Options: 26 managers hold calls ($219.2m notional), 17 hold puts ($298.9m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 595 |
| Q4 2022 | 688 |
| Q1 2023 | 745 |
| Q2 2023 | 784 |
| Q3 2023 | 754 |
| Q4 2023 | 772 |
| Q1 2024 | 789 |
| Q2 2024 | 756 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 341 | 241 |
| Q1 2023 | 358 | 293 |
| Q2 2023 | 356 | 316 |
| Q3 2023 | 328 | 373 |
| Q4 2023 | 318 | 370 |
| Q1 2024 | 356 | 351 |
| Q2 2024 | 386 | 372 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $158.2m | $76.4m | 0.48 |
| Q4 2023 | $297.4m | $124.9m | 0.42 |
| Q1 2024 | $147.8m | $122.1m | 0.83 |
| Q2 2024 | $219.2m | $298.9m | 1.36 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +7.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +2.4m |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. | New | +1.6m |
| TPG GP A, LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Added | +1.2m |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Ion Asset Management Ltd. | New | +832.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +830.5k |
| PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD | New | +729.4k |
| Sachem Head Capital Management LP | New | +698.5k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -2.8m |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP | Sold out | -2.5m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Sold out | -1.4m |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Sold out | -1.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Palestra Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -789.6k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD | Reduced | -674.8k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $55.5m659.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $38.0m451.4k shares |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | New | $16.8m200.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $12.3m146.7k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | $10.1m120.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $8.8m104.1k shares |
| Arvin Capital Management LP | New | $8.8m104.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $8.6m102.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $8.1m96.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $8.0m95.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $151.0m1.8m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $46.4m551.9k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $15.7m187.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $12.3m145.7k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $12.1m144.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.3m122.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $9.3m111.1k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Added | $9.3m111.0k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $8.3m99.3k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $6.7m80.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +5.6 pts · filed 2026-04-07 | 11.8% |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 13G · institution +1.6 pts · filed 2026-02-17 | 7.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.9% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (4.9%, 2026-08-05), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $755.7k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $397.6k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $4.5m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $500.2k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $652.3k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $253.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2024.
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 17.0m $1.4bn | Added +350.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 15.9m $1.3bn | Added +7.0m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.1m $850.5m | Reduced -789.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.7m $559.4m | Added +2.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.7m $476.9m | Reduced -3.0k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.64% of their portfolio | 4.6m $357.8m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Stockbridge Partners LLC 6.93% of their portfolio | 4.0m $335.1m | Added +217.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.4m $282.1m | Added +50.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.9m $246.5m | Reduced -2.8m |
| TPG GP A, LLC 3.83% of their portfolio | 2.9m $245.9m | Added +1.2m |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 1.25% of their portfolio | 2.6m $222.2m | Reduced -12.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.4m $204.7m | Added +300.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $204.0m | Reduced -247.6k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 2.0m $172.0m | Added +114.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.0m $166.3m | Added +306.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.9m $158.8m | Added +830.5k |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. 4.16% of their portfolio | 1.6m $138.1m | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $132.9m | Reduced -267.1k |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC 2.39% of their portfolio | 1.5m $125.2m | Added +1.2m |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 1.5m $124.7m | Added +249.4k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.67% of their portfolio | 1.4m $116.0m | Added +1.2m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $110.6m | Reduced -36.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $101.8m | Added +436.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $101.2m | Added +22.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $98.7m | Added +48.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $94.3m | Added +39.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $93.4m | Reduced -23.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $91.6m | Reduced -59.7k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.1m $91.1m | Added +315.8k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 0.91% of their portfolio | 1.0m $86.4m | Added +268.3k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.16% of their portfolio | 920.0k $77.4m | Reduced -18.6k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 871.7k $73.3m | Added +31.4k |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 840.2k $70.6m | Added +204.4k |
| Ion Asset Management Ltd. 4.66% of their portfolio | 832.0k $70.0m | New |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 2.17% of their portfolio | 822.5k $69.2m | Added +392.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 787.3k $66.2m | Added +219.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 771.2k $64.8m | Added +289.5k |
| M.D. Sass, LLC 5.01% of their portfolio | 732.7k $61.6m | Added +327.7k |
| PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 2.48% of their portfolio | 729.4k $61.3m | New |
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP 4.45% of their portfolio | 726.2k $61.1m | Unchanged |
| Sachem Head Capital Management LP 2.92% of their portfolio | 698.5k $58.7m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 658.3k $55.3m | Added +12.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 657.6k $55.3m | Reduced -35.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 655.3k $55.1m | Reduced -299.2k |
| Cannell & Spears LLC 1.14% of their portfolio | 652.7k $54.9m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 650.5k $54.7m | Added +197.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 644.0k $54.1m | Reduced -173.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.03% of their portfolio | 527.8k $44.4m | Reduced -61.0k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.12% of their portfolio | 505.7k $42.5m | New |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 482.5k $39.9m | Reduced -221.4k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.07% of their portfolio | 475.7k $40.0m | Added +127.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 427.4k $35.9m | Reduced -5.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 423.1k $35.6m | Reduced -194.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 412.3k $34.7m | Reduced -1.4k |
| AXA S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 395.7k $33.3m | Reduced -166.0k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.70% of their portfolio | 373.4k $31.4m | Added +361.3k |
| NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 0.49% of their portfolio | 348.8k $29.3m | Added +133.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 336.7k $28.3m | Reduced -370 |
| E. Ohman J:or Asset Management AB 0.66% of their portfolio | 317.0k $26.7m | Added +42.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 307.0k $25.8m | Reduced -14.2k |
| Isomer Partners LP 19.15% of their portfolio | 300.0k $25.2m | Added +50.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 294.6k $24.8m | Added +164.6k |
| UMB Bank, n.a. 0.40% of their portfolio | 288.9k $24.3m | Added +218 |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 287.4k $24.2m | New |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 279.2k $23.5m | Added +37.2k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 264.1k $22.2m | Added +136.3k |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 1.22% of their portfolio | 259.7k $21.8m | New |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 258.0k $21.7m | Reduced -89.1k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 258.0k $21.7m | Reduced -4.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 252.3k $21.2m | Added +52.0k |
| VeriStar Capital Management LP 12.70% of their portfolio | 251.9k $21.2m | Added +82.0k |
| Crestline Management, L.P. 1.66% of their portfolio | 251.4k $21.1m | Added +178.9k |
| Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 0.36% of their portfolio | 250.0k $21.0m | New |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 0.81% of their portfolio | 250.0k $21.0m | Reduced -100.0k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 232.6k $19.6m | Added +232.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 229.7k $19.3m | Added +42.6k |
| Harber Asset Management LLC 5.09% of their portfolio | 227.0k $19.1m | Added +29.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 221.8k $18.6m | Added +850 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 221.5k $18.6m | Reduced -199.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 214.7k $18.0m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Arvin Capital Management LP 7.68% of their portfolio | 212.3k $17.9m | Added +120.5k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.08% of their portfolio | 211.0k $17.7m | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 209.4k $17.6m | Reduced -102 |
| VILLERE ST DENIS J & CO LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 208.2k $17.5m | New |
| LEVEL FOUR ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 202.6k $17.0m | Added +57 |
| TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 202.0k $17.0m | Added +4.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 200.5k $16.9m | Added +4.7k |
| STRS OHIO 0.07% of their portfolio | 200.0k $16.8m | Added +70.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.4k $15.6m | Added +130.4k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 184.8k $15.8m | Added +15.5k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 180.3k $15.2m | Added +86.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.2k $14.8m | Added +317 |
| BlueDrive Global Investors LLP 16.83% of their portfolio | 175.4k $14.7m | Added +67.1k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 2.15% of their portfolio | 172.4k $14.5m | New |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.2k $13.6m | Added +3.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 162.0k $13.6m | Reduced -7.0k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 153.7k $12.9m | Added +23.8k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.6k $12.0m | Reduced -1.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 148.3k $12.5m | Reduced -18.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 146.6k $12.3m | Added +63.4k |