Lancaster Colony - LANC Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lancaster Colony in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LANC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LANC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Lancaster Colony's stock. Their LANC share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $153.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.3%.
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Lancaster Colony's stock was trading at $165.60 at the start of the year. Since then, LANC stock has increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $173.29.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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Lancaster Colony Co. (NASDAQ:LANC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 25th. The company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.86. The business earned $452.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $415.53 million. Lancaster Colony had a net margin of 5.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.64%. The business's revenue was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.15 EPS.

Lancaster Colony announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 17th. Investors of record on Friday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 8th.
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Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.89%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 60 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 98.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, LANC will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated Lancaster Colony Chief Executive Officer Jay Gerlach Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Jay Gerlach Jr. has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Jay Gerlach Jr. in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Lancaster Colony trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LANC."

Lancaster Colony's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.39%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.49%), London Co. of Virginia (1.48%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.33%), Northern Trust Corp (1.07%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan F Harris, David S Nagle, John B Gerlach Jr and K Pigott Thomas.
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One share of LANC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $173.29.

Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) has a market capitalization of $4.77 billion and generates $1.68 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $89.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,200 workers across the globe.

Lancaster Colony was founded in 1961.

Lancaster Colony's mailing address is 380 POLARIS PARKWAY SUITE 400, WESTERVILLE OH, 43082. The official website for the company is www.lancastercolony.com. The company can be reached via phone at (614) 224-7141, via email at ir@lancastercolony.com, or via fax at 614-469-8219.