Lancaster ColonyLANC
About: Lancaster Colony Corp is a manufacturer and marketer of speciality food products. The company's segments include Retail and Foodservice. The key products and brands are salad dressing and sauces (Cardini's, Girard's, Marzetti), frozen garlic breads (New York Brand Bakery, Mamma Bella), vegetable dips and fruit dips (Marzetti), frozen parkerhouse-style yeast rolls and dinner rolls (Sister Schubert's, Mary B's), premium dry egg noodles (Amish Kitchen), frozen speciality noodles (Reames, Aunt Vi's), croutons and salad toppings, flatbread wraps, and pizza crusts.
Employees: 3,400
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
95% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $7.34M | Put options by funds: $3.76M
35% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 140 | Existing positions reduced: 104
11% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 42 | Existing positions closed: 38
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 334 [Q3] → 334 (+0) [Q4]
0.78% less ownership
Funds ownership: 61.87% [Q3] → 61.08% (-0.78%) [Q4]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.01B [Q3] → $2.91B (-$96.3M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
DA Davidson Brian Holland 30% 1-year accuracy 3 / 10 met price target | 18%upside $207 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
Stephens & Co. Jim Salera 33% 1-year accuracy 18 / 55 met price target | 14%upside $200 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 5 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about LANC published over the past 30 days
