Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $172.77. It has a SharesGrow Score of 69/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 4 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is LANC = $216 (+25% upside).
Financials: revenue is $1.9B, +4.5%/yr average growth. Net income is $167M, growing at +24.1%/yr. Net profit margin is 8.8% (thin). Gross margin is 23.9% (+2.7 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $56M against $998M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.06, conservative). Current ratio is 2.38 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 4.4%. Total assets: $1.3B.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 9 analysts rate LANC as buy (11%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 68/100 (Pass), Growth 73/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 53/100 (Partial), Future 46/100 (Partial), Income 45/100 (Partial).