Lancaster Colony Corporation

NasdaqGS:LANC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.0b

Lancaster Colony Valuation

Is LANC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LANC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LANC ($182.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($505.46)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LANC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LANC?

Key metric: As LANC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LANC. This is calculated by dividing LANC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LANC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.7x
EarningsUS$158.96m
Market CapUS$5.03b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LANC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LANC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.2x
FLO Flowers Foods
18.1x6.5%US$4.4b
CALM Cal-Maine Foods
12x-44.9%US$5.1b
SMPL Simply Good Foods
27.9x12.4%US$3.9b
TWNK Hostess Brands
35x14.4%US$4.4b
LANC Lancaster Colony
31.7x9.9%US$5.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LANC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the peer average (19.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LANC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GCEH Global Clean Energy Holdings
0.3xn/aUS$46.34m
ORIS Oriental Rise Holdings
2.8xn/aUS$30.16m
SEED Origin Agritech
1.7xn/aUS$13.34m
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.02xn/aUS$9.65m
LANC 31.7xIndustry Avg. 19.3xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LANC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the US Food industry average (19.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LANC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LANC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.7x
Fair PE Ratio21.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LANC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LANC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$182.56
US$197.60
+8.2%
7.7%US$227.00US$184.00n/a5
Dec ’25US$185.84
US$196.40
+5.7%
8.2%US$227.00US$183.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$180.47
US$196.40
+8.8%
8.2%US$227.00US$183.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$177.25
US$199.40
+12.5%
10.0%US$232.00US$176.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$170.76
US$199.80
+17.0%
9.8%US$232.00US$176.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$190.67
US$209.80
+10.0%
6.4%US$236.00US$198.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$188.57
US$212.60
+12.7%
6.3%US$236.00US$198.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$185.50
US$214.60
+15.7%
5.5%US$236.00US$203.00n/a5
May ’25US$191.43
US$212.15
+10.8%
5.6%US$236.00US$202.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$206.47
US$213.40
+3.4%
5.9%US$236.00US$202.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$206.25
US$212.80
+3.2%
6.2%US$236.00US$200.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$204.04
US$196.33
-3.8%
6.2%US$209.00US$180.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$166.39
US$188.00
+13.0%
8.0%US$209.00US$166.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$167.19
US$191.00
+14.2%
8.4%US$209.00US$166.00US$185.844
Nov ’24US$171.14
US$205.33
+20.0%
8.2%US$226.00US$185.00US$180.473
Oct ’24US$165.03
US$205.50
+24.5%
10.0%US$226.00US$185.00US$177.252
Sep ’24US$165.85
US$205.00
+23.6%
10.2%US$226.00US$184.00US$170.762
Aug ’24US$192.32
US$221.50
+15.2%
7.0%US$237.00US$206.00US$190.672
Jul ’24US$201.09
US$226.00
+12.4%
4.9%US$237.00US$215.00US$188.572
Jun ’24US$196.98
US$221.00
+12.2%
0.5%US$222.00US$220.00US$185.502
May ’24US$212.71
US$209.50
-1.5%
0.7%US$211.00US$208.00US$191.432
Apr ’24US$202.88
US$207.00
+2.0%
0.5%US$208.00US$206.00US$206.472
Mar ’24US$188.32
US$207.00
+9.9%
0.5%US$208.00US$206.00US$206.252
Feb ’24US$193.35
US$210.50
+8.9%
2.1%US$215.00US$206.00US$204.042
Jan ’24US$197.30
US$210.50
+6.7%
2.1%US$215.00US$206.00US$166.392
Dec ’23US$204.33
US$210.00
+2.8%
2.4%US$215.00US$205.00US$167.192

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 23:52
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Lancaster Colony Corporation is covered by 17 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Todd BrooksBenchmark Company
Andrew WolfCL King & Associates, Inc.