Seasonality
LW seasonality — Lamb Weston
Over the last 11 years, LW's strongest month on average has been October (+8.6%) and its weakest March (-2.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.90% | +0.01% | 50% | +11.8% | -10.3% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.95% | +0.26% | 50% | +6.8% | -13.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.54% | +3.31% | 60% | +8.1% | -34.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.40% | +3.48% | 60% | +12.2% | -21.8% | 10 |
| May | +0.61% | +0.85% | 50% | +11.2% | -15.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.08% | +1.69% | 50% | +7.5% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Jul | -1.01% | +1.22% | 50% | +21.7% | -28.6% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.82% | +1.99% | 60% | +4.9% | -6.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.13% | -0.26% | 50% | +5.4% | -23.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +8.57% | +8.03% | 70% | +29.7% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.86% | +0.79% | 56% | +14.1% | -8.0% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.44% | +3.33% | 70% | +22.1% | -29.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LW
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.6 | 4.9 | -12.3 | 3.0 | -0.8 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 3.8 | -23.6 | 29.7 | 2.1 | +31.9% | |
| 2025 | -10.3 | -13.5 | 2.8 | -0.9 | 5.6 | -7.0 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 6.3 | -4.3 | -29.1 | -37.3% |
| 2024 | -5.2 | -0.2 | 4.2 | -21.8 | 5.9 | -4.8 | -28.6 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 20.0 | -0.6 | -13.5 | -38.2% |
| 2023 | 11.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 7.0 | -0.6 | 3.4 | -9.8 | -6.0 | -5.1 | -2.9 | 11.4 | 8.1 | +21.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 3.5 | -9.8 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 11.5 | -0.2 | -2.7 | 11.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | +41.0% |
| 2021 | -5.1 | 6.8 | -2.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | -2.2 | -17.2 | -2.4 | -5.8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | 22.1 | -19.5% |
| 2020 | 6.1 | -4.8 | -34.3 | 7.5 | -2.1 | 6.4 | -6.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | -4.3 | 14.1 | 8.8 | -8.5% |
| 2019 | -1.7 | -4.1 | 8.1 | -6.5 | -15.4 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 2.4 | +16.9% |
| 2018 | 3.8 | -7.7 | 7.6 | 12.2 | -2.4 | 7.5 | 2.6 | -3.8 | -1.5 | 17.4 | -1.9 | -4.1 | +30.3% |
| 2017 | -1.3 | 4.9 | 7.3 | -0.7 | 11.2 | -5.1 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 3.8 | +49.1% |
| 2016 | 13.1 |