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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$259.21
+7.4%
$244.11
$224.13
$421.48
$104.77B1.424.15 million shs10.78 million shs
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$450.06
+0.1%
$397.25
$153.47
$462.40
$357.33B1.667.26 million shs8.55 million shs
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$318.18
+0.1%
$263.88
$79.49
$333.33
$397.91B1.818.63 million shs10.86 million shs
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$118.49
-1.2%
$116.39
$75.40
$125.14
$293.22B0.188.07 million shs16.60 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
+7.36%+5.90%+6.42%-1.22%-37.12%
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
+0.08%+4.14%+17.64%+20.89%+178.52%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
+0.06%+4.20%+27.91%+36.04%+278.79%
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
-1.15%-3.31%+7.06%-4.02%+55.56%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$259.21
+7.4%
$244.11
$224.13
$421.48
$104.77B1.424.15 million shs10.78 million shs
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$450.06
+0.1%
$397.25
$153.47
$462.40
$357.33B1.667.26 million shs8.55 million shs
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$318.18
+0.1%
$263.88
$79.49
$333.33
$397.91B1.818.63 million shs10.86 million shs
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$118.49
-1.2%
$116.39
$75.40
$125.14
$293.22B0.188.07 million shs16.60 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
+7.36%+5.90%+6.42%-1.22%-37.12%
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
+0.08%+4.14%+17.64%+20.89%+178.52%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
+0.06%+4.20%+27.91%+36.04%+278.79%
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
-1.15%-3.31%+7.06%-4.02%+55.56%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
2.19
Hold$338.1530.46% Upside
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
2.77
Moderate Buy$470.134.46% Upside
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
2.79
Moderate Buy$295.07-7.26% Downside
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
2.68
Moderate Buy$128.188.17% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/28/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Set Price Target$575.00
5/28/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Reiterated RatingOverweight$575.00
5/27/2026
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
Set Price TargetOutperform$330.00 ➝ $380.00
5/27/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Boost Price TargetOutperform$500.00 ➝ $540.00
5/21/2026
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
Boost Price TargetOutperform$325.00 ➝ $340.00
5/19/2026
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
DowngradeModerate BuyHold
5/19/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Boost Price TargetBuy$420.00 ➝ $500.00
5/18/2026
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
UpgradeUnderweightOverweight$293.00 ➝ $331.00
5/15/2026
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
DowngradeHold (C+)Hold (C)
5/15/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Boost Price TargetOutperform$500.00 ➝ $550.00
5/15/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
Boost Price TargetBuy$530.00 ➝ $550.00
(Data available from 5/30/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$23.77B4.41$19.50 per share13.29$27.77 per share9.33
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$28.37B12.60$10.10 per share44.58$30.11 per share14.95
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$18.44B21.58$4.47 per share71.20$8.46 per share37.61
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$65.01B4.50$11.40 per share10.39$18.60 per share6.37
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$7.13B$17.1715.1011.791.0129.48%64.48%25.71%6/11/2026 (Estimated)
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$7.00B$10.6542.2628.541.2629.31%36.97%21.30%8/13/2026 (Estimated)
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$5.36B$5.3060.0341.112.6330.94%66.21%31.61%7/29/2026 (Estimated)
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$18.25B$3.5533.3812.122.6713.59%27.55%10.73%8/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
6/11/2026Q2 2026
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$5.83N/AN/AN/A$6.46 billionN/A
5/14/2026Q2 2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$2.68$2.86+$0.18$3.51$7.68 billion$7.91 billion
4/30/2026Q1 2026
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
-$1.47-$1.28+$0.19-$1.72$15.85 billion$16.29 billion
4/22/2026Q3 2026
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$1.36$1.47+$0.11$1.45$5.70 billion$5.84 billion
3/12/2026Q1 2026
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
$5.87$6.06+$0.19$4.60$6.28 billion$6.40 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield5-Year Annualized Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
$2.120.47%+14.87%19.91%8 Years
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
$1.040.33%+14.87%19.62%10 Years
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$3.402.87%+5.75%95.77%14 Years

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/20/2026
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
quarterly$0.260.34%6/17/20266/17/20267/8/2026
5/26/2026
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
quarterly$0.852.84%6/15/20266/15/20267/8/2026
3/12/2026
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
quarterly$0.530.5%5/21/20265/21/20266/11/2026
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
0.47
0.91
0.91
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.22
2.51
1.80
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
0.35
2.54
1.77
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
1.02
1.30
1.06

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
81.79%
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
80.56%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
84.61%
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
76.07%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
0.20%
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
0.30%
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
0.31%
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
0.17%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Adobe Inc. stock logo
ADBE
Adobe
31,360404.20 million403.39 millionOptionable
Applied Materials, Inc. stock logo
AMAT
Applied Materials
36,500793.96 million791.58 millionOptionable
Lam Research Corporation stock logo
LRCX
Lam Research
19,0001.25 billion1.25 billionOptionable
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
75,0002.47 billion2.47 billionOptionable

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Adobe stock logo

Adobe NASDAQ:ADBE

$259.21 +17.77 (+7.36%)
Closing price 05/29/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$261.83 +2.62 (+1.01%)
As of 05/29/2026 08:00 PM Eastern
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Adobe Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform. Its flagship product is Creative Cloud, a subscription service that allows members to access its creative products. This segment serves content creators, students, workers, marketers, educators, enthusiasts, and communicators. The Digital Experience segment provides an integrated platform and set of applications and services that enable brands and businesses to create, manage, execute, measure, monetize, and optimize customer experiences from analytics to commerce. This segment serves marketers, advertisers, agencies, publishers, merchandisers, merchants, web analysts, data scientists, developers, and executives across the C-suite. The Publishing and Advertising segment offers products and services, such as e-learning solutions, technical document publishing, web conferencing, document and forms platform, web application development, and high-end printing, as well as Advertising Cloud offerings. It also provides consulting, technical support, and learning services. The company offers its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force and local field offices, as well as to end users through app stores and through its website at adobe.com. It also distributes products and services through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, software vendors and developers, retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Adobe Systems Incorporated and changed its name to Adobe Inc. in October 2018. Adobe Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Applied Materials stock logo

Applied Materials NASDAQ:AMAT

$450.06 +0.38 (+0.08%)
Closing price 05/29/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$449.35 -0.71 (-0.16%)
As of 05/29/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Lam Research stock logo

Lam Research NASDAQ:LRCX

$318.18 +0.18 (+0.06%)
Closing price 05/29/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$317.63 -0.55 (-0.17%)
As of 05/29/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products. It also provides SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition products; and Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions. In addition, the company offers Flex for dielectric etch applications; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. Further, it provides Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications; and Metryx mass metrology systems for high precision in-line mass measurement in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo

Merck & Co., Inc. NYSE:MRK

$118.49 -1.40 (-1.17%)
Closing price 05/29/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$118.84 +0.34 (+0.29%)
As of 05/29/2026 07:53 PM Eastern
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Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets animal health products, such as pharmaceutical and vaccine products, for the prevention, treatment and control of disease in livestock, and companion animal species. The Other segment consists of sales for the non-reportable segments of healthcare services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Rahway, NJ.