Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC): Price and Financial Metrics

LANC POWR Grades

• LANC scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 68.1% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LANC is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• LANC ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

LANC Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 58.37, LANCASTER COLONY CORP P/E ratio is greater than that of about 90.49% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for LANC is currently 36.62, higher than 87.04% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• For LANC, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by only 13.63% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to LANC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are B, GO, ODC, ESE, and FC.
• Visit LANC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lancastercolony.com.

LANC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, LANC's EV/EBIT ratio is 138.14% higher, now standing at 46.2.
• Over the past 243 months, LANC's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LANC.

LANC Growth Metrics

The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 50.03%.
• The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 20.39%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 14.77%.

LANC's revenue has moved up $376,148,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows LANC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,709.871	153.849	96.523
2022-06-30	1,676.39	101.813	89.586
2022-03-31	1,609.543	94.141	92.268
2021-12-31	1,563.298	125.313	125.648
2021-09-30	1,509.886	149.374	135.908
2021-06-30	1,467.067	174.189	142.332

LANC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LANC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 68.06% of graded US stocks.
• LANC's asset turnover comes in at 1.392 -- ranking 14th of 59 Food Products stocks.
• FLO, BRID, and LNDC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LANC.

The table below shows LANC's key quality metrics over time.