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LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC. $70 (New York symbol LW; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 146.5 million; Market cap: $10.3 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; Dividend yield: 1.1%; www.lambweston.com) was a wholly owned subsidiary of Conagra Brands until November 9, 2016. That’s when Conagra set up Lamb Weston as a separate company. It then handed its investors one Lamb Weston share for every three Conagra shares they owned. In its fiscal 2019 third quarter, ended February 24, 2019, Lamb Weston’s sales rose 7.3%, to $926.8 million from $863.4 million a year earlier. The improved results are due to higher selling prices (up 3%) and volumes (up 4%). If you disregard unusual items, Lamb Weston earned $0.95 a share in the latest quarter, up 4.4% from $0.91 a year earlier. The company now expects its full-year gross earnings to total $895 million to $905 million. That’s up from an earlier forecast of $870 million to $880 million. Lamb Weston is our #1 spinoff buy for 2019. HERC HOLDINGS INC. $43 (New…