Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC): Price and Financial Metrics

LANC POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where LANC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 81.65% of US stocks.
• LANC's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• LANC ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 7th percentile.

LANC Stock Summary

• LANC's current price/earnings ratio is 42.82, which is higher than 85.45% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• For LANC, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by merely 12.07% of US equities we're observing.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, LANC is more volatile than only 13.45% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to LANCASTER COLONY CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be ESE, FHI, PCYG, THR, and EPAC.
• LANC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit LANCASTER COLONY CORP's official web site, go to www.lancastercolony.com.

LANC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, LANC's price/earnings ratio is 100% higher, now standing at 39.4.
• LANC's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 23 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LANC.

LANC Growth Metrics

The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -34.56%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -49.74%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -25.5%.

LANC's revenue has moved up $421,634,000 over the prior 34 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
2022-12-31	1,758.838	200.273	102.126
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

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.