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Quarterly report 2026-Q4
added 08-25-2026

Lancaster Colony Corporation Financial Ratios 2026-2008 | LANC

Brief overview of Lancaster Colony Corporation's multiples and efficiency

This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2021 through 2025.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 28.36x (median 32.47x), EV/EBITDA 19.22x (median 19.22x), P/S 2.49x (median 2.49x). Current valuation broadly matches recent historical reference points; the difference from five-year medians is -5.5%.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 3.5%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE 16.8%, ROA 13.1%, ROCE 22.1%. Returns on capital and assets point to efficient economics and a strong internal source of growth.

The PEG ratio is 3.43x; investors pay a high price per unit of expected growth.

The cash return period is stable at 27.2 days initially and 31.6 days at the end.

Valuation takeaway

Lancaster Colony Corporation's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.

Annual Financial Ratios Lancaster Colony Corporation

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

 - 28.4 30.0 40.3 40.6 32.5 34.5 28.2 29.5 29.4 29.2 24.9 32.8 20.8 20.0 15.6 - - -

P/S

 - 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.5 - - -

EPS

 7.0 6.1 5.8 4.0 3.3 5.2 5.0 5.5 4.9 4.2 4.5 3.7 2.8 4 3.5 3.8 4.1 3.2 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 -25.1 M 4.58 B 4.59 B 4.4 B 3.58 B 4.43 B 4.52 B 4.23 B 3.94 B 3.39 B 3.56 B 2.49 B 2.36 B 2.26 B 1.84 B 1.64 B -101 M -38.5 M -19.4 M

EBITDA per Share

 11.3 10.3 9.3 7.02 5.75 8.38 7.79 7.59 7.26 7.29 7.64 6.45 6.39 6.68 5.91 6 6.92 5.4 -

EV/EBITDA

 -0.1 16.2 18.0 22.8 22.7 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.0 16.3 16.5 13.4 12.9 11.8 10.7 9.2 -0.5 -0.3 -

PEG

 - 3.43 4.49 37.16 -11.88 16.54 8.33 2.53 1.72 -5.45 1.5 0.7 -1.05 1.52 -2.35 -2.71 - - -

P/B

 - 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.3 4.2 4.8 5.8 6.1 5.9 6.9 4.4 4.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 - - -

P/CF

 - 18.1 18.9 19.9 35.7 26.5 27.6 33.5 30.8 28.9 28.2 22.1 21.7 21.1 18.0 14.8 - - -

ROE %

 18.19 16.76 17.13 12.91 10.61 16.88 17.49 20.71 20.74 20.02 23.71 17.50 14.19 21.80 16.98 20.55 7.19 9.82 -

ROA %

 11.94 13.13 13.14 10.00 8.22 12.92 13.79 16.63 16.82 16.10 19.18 14.22 11.74 17.62 14.04 17.10 5.94 7.93 -

ROCE %

 22.67 22.06 21.53 16.41 13.25 22.04 22.46 22.45 24.22 27.31 32.86 24.19 27.00 29.83 23.49 26.93 35.92 32.21 -

Current Ratio

 - - - - - - - 3.1 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.6 5.3 4.2 5.4 4.4 - - -

DSO

 19.0 18.3 20.5 25.1 25.4 23.0 22.2 21.1 21.8 21.2 20.2 20.6 20.3 22.0 23.7 21.4 - - -

DIO

 47.0 43.0 42.0 38.6 36.8 35.0 32.0 32.0 36.1 31.6 31.2 33.6 34.3 44.3 44.9 48.2 - - -

DPO

 34.5 29.7 29.2 28.9 31.1 30.7 27.7 28.5 23.0 17.1 16.3 16.7 17.5 17.0 16.7 18.3 - - -

Operating Cycle

 66.1 61.3 62.6 63.6 62.2 57.9 54.2 53.1 57.8 52.8 51.4 54.2 54.6 66.4 68.6 69.5 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 31.6 31.6 33.3 34.8 31.1 27.2 26.5 24.6 34.8 35.7 35.0 37.5 37.1 49.4 51.9 51.2 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Lancaster Colony Corporation

2026-Q4 2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

 0.8799999999999999 1.49 1.78 1.62 -0.45999999999999996 1.03 1.87 1.49 1.78 1.62 - 1.03 1.87 1.6 - 0.89 1.45 1.37 2.82 -0.17 1.25 1.11 2.36 1.05 1.62 3.88 1.62 0.82 1.58 4.28 1.58 1.11 1.74 3.75 1.74 1.01 1.67 3.17 1.67 0.53 1.42 3.33 1.42 1.06 1.26 2.78 1.26 0.75 1.21 1.97 1.21 -0.38 1.44 3.06 1.44 0.8 1.29 0.98 1.29 0.98 1.11 0.78 1.89 0.78

EBITDA per Share

 772 2.38 3.3 2.56 0.05 1.8 2.4 - 3.3 2.56 - 1.28 2.4 2.56 - 1.09 1.89 2.2 4.49 -0.24 1.7 1.89 3.96 1.4 2.19 2.16 2.9 2.16 2.02 2.2 2.62 2.2 2.27 2.04 2.76 2.04 1.76 1.85 2.2 1.85 2.2 2.07 2.61 2.07 1.94 1.75 2.35 1.75 1.85 1.44 2.19 1.44 2.07 1.53 2.57 1.57 1.94 1.67 2.3 1.67 1.62 1.38 1.98 1.38

ROE %

 17.25 13.01 13.27 13.54 12.84 19.32 18.96 16.96 18.50 18.51 13.78 16.59 18.03 16.72 11.72 20.90 17.55 16.98 16.23 14.76 18.90 20.33 22.12 19.81 20.83 21.05 21.27 21.49 22.29 23.47 24.65 25.83 26.18 26.78 24.96 25.56 24.74 24.31 25.58 25.77 27.30 27.49 25.87 24.22 22.48 21.20 20.78 21.08 20.63 22.01 22.63 24.23 24.87 25.10 24.84 23.27 23.05 21.15 20.63 20.25 19.63 4.07 5.87 4.11

ROA %

 12.49 9.40 9.53 9.67 9.38 14.46 14.49 13.27 14.53 14.46 10.79 12.91 14.01 12.85 8.96 16.07 13.55 13.10 12.52 11.32 14.51 15.67 17.28 15.87 16.82 17.00 17.15 17.46 18.22 19.28 20.47 21.63 21.98 22.51 20.74 21.19 20.44 20.07 21.10 20.83 21.99 22.07 20.79 19.57 18.17 17.34 17.12 17.46 17.16 18.21 18.64 19.72 20.15 20.11 19.94 18.78 18.69 17.47 17.11 16.82 16.33 3.35 4.88 3.42

ROCE %

 21.68 17.68 16.37 15.82 14.79 24.43 26.26 22.49 24.72 23.46 17.55 20.92 22.90 21.38 14.92 26.83 22.56 21.96 21.01 19.27 24.58 26.43 27.59 24.50 26.22 26.12 26.89 26.80 27.58 29.26 29.54 31.22 31.61 30.52 31.03 29.97 30.18 33.21 35.22 39.17 41.54 41.73 39.26 36.67 34.00 32.15 31.54 32.06 31.40 32.84 33.54 35.89 36.84 37.62 37.49 34.97 34.66 31.53 30.78 29.90 28.99 6.22 8.45 6.28

DSO

 20.0 19.1 17.2 18.7 21.6 18.5 19.0 20.5 18.0 19.3 - 19.6 20.7 23.2 - 25.3 25.1 29.1 12.4 24.3 22.7 24.0 10.9 23.7 22.4 24.0 21.1 21.4 21.7 22.6 19.4 20.0 20.3 22.5 19.0 20.4 21.6 23.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DIO

 43.5 43.9 41.0 43.9 45.2 43.1 45.6 46.5 43.7 47.1 - 39.7 42.1 43.5 - 36.2 37.1 43.4 20.2 43.7 43.1 42.7 17.6 39.5 37.4 34.8 28.9 31.2 33.0 33.6 30.8 33.2 34.5 37.5 32.1 32.6 31.5 33.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

 30.3 30.6 28.6 30.4 31.0 29.5 30.0 29.2 25.9 29.2 - 27.9 28.1 30.0 - 33.2 32.5 35.0 15.8 34.7 35.1 36.2 15.9 33.9 29.8 28.2 24.3 28.0 30.5 30.0 27.4 28.0 25.0 24.3 20.5 21.4 19.4 18.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

 - 63.0 58.2 62.6 58.5 60.1 - 67.0 61.7 66.3 - 59.3 62.7 66.7 - 61.5 62.3 72.5 32.6 68.0 65.8 66.7 28.5 63.2 59.8 58.8 50.0 52.6 54.7 56.3 50.2 53.2 54.8 60.1 51.1 53.0 53.1 56.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - 32.4 29.6 32.3 27.4 29.2 - 37.7 35.8 37.1 - 31.4 34.6 36.7 - 28.2 29.8 37.6 16.9 33.3 30.7 30.4 12.6 29.2 30.0 30.6 25.7 24.6 24.2 26.2 22.8 25.2 29.8 35.8 30.7 31.6 33.7 38.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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