Compare Stocks: LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADBE Adobe	$252.64 +0.9%	$226.69	$190.12 ▼ $370.86	$100.44B	1.43	6.02 million shs	2.51 million shs
AMAT Applied Materials	$517.11 +1.9%	$550.86	$154.46 ▼ $739.67	$410.79B	1.61	8.28 million shs	3.39 million shs
LRCX Lam Research	$294.16 +0.4%	$340.82	$94.11 ▼ $438.50	$368.17B	1.84	11.40 million shs	5.38 million shs
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$127.40 -2.2%	$123.17	$77.58 ▼ $135.05	$314.21B	0.19	10.77 million shs	4.76 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADBE Adobe	0.00%	+11.24%	+13.97%	-0.12%	-28.00%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.00%	-5.33%	-15.81%	+30.48%	+182.05%
LRCX Lam Research	0.00%	-3.95%	-16.58%	+14.16%	+204.19%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.00%	-0.43%	+0.89%	+16.20%	+64.61%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADBE Adobe	$252.64 +0.9%	$226.69	$190.12 ▼ $370.86	$100.44B	1.43	6.02 million shs	2.51 million shs
AMAT Applied Materials	$517.11 +1.9%	$550.86	$154.46 ▼ $739.67	$410.79B	1.61	8.28 million shs	3.39 million shs
LRCX Lam Research	$294.16 +0.4%	$340.82	$94.11 ▼ $438.50	$368.17B	1.84	11.40 million shs	5.38 million shs
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$127.40 -2.2%	$123.17	$77.58 ▼ $135.05	$314.21B	0.19	10.77 million shs	4.76 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADBE Adobe	0.00%	+11.24%	+13.97%	-0.12%	-28.00%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.00%	-5.33%	-15.81%	+30.48%	+182.05%
LRCX Lam Research	0.00%	-3.95%	-16.58%	+14.16%	+204.19%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.00%	-0.43%	+0.89%	+16.20%	+64.61%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ADBE Adobe	2.03	Hold	$271.30	7.38% Upside
AMAT Applied Materials	2.85	Moderate Buy	$603.23	16.65% Upside
LRCX Lam Research	2.88	Moderate Buy	$358.47	21.86% Upside
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	2.65	Moderate Buy	$134.50	5.58% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/3/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/3/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$645.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$320.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$450.00 ➝ $350.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy	$315.00 ➝ $335.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$404.00 ➝ $367.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$385.00 ➝ $350.00
7/30/2026	LRCX Lam Research	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$390.00
7/29/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$140.00 ➝ $150.00
7/27/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$683.00
7/27/2026	LRCX Lam Research	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$333.00

(Data available from 8/3/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ADBE Adobe	$25.20B	3.99	$19.68 per share	12.84	$27.77 per share	9.10
AMAT Applied Materials	$28.37B	14.47	$10.28 per share	50.29	$25.63 per share	20.18
LRCX Lam Research	$23.23B	15.83	$6.24 per share	47.13	$9.97 per share	29.50
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$65.01B	4.84	$11.18 per share	11.40	$21.22 per share	6.00

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ADBE Adobe	$7.13B	$17.48	14.45	11.31	0.84	28.69%	65.11%	25.60%	9/10/2026 (Estimated)
AMAT Applied Materials	$7.00B	$10.65	48.58	31.86	1.29	29.31%	36.97%	21.30%	8/13/2026 (Estimated)
LRCX Lam Research	$7.27B	$5.76	51.11	25.60	1.22	31.27%	67.60%	33.48%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$18.25B	$3.55	35.84	13.11	5.17	13.59%	27.55%	10.73%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/13/2026	Q3 2026	AMAT Applied Materials	$3.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.99 billion	N/A
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	-$0.26	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.37 billion	N/A
7/29/2026	Q4 2026	LRCX Lam Research	$1.69	$1.82	+$0.13	$1.81	$6.66 billion	$6.72 billion
6/11/2026	Q2 2026	ADBE Adobe	$5.82	$5.96	+$0.14	$4.25	$6.45 billion	$6.62 billion
5/14/2026	Q2 2026	AMAT Applied Materials	$2.68	$2.86	+$0.18	$3.51	$7.68 billion	$7.91 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ADBE Adobe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AMAT Applied Materials	$2.12	0.41%	+14.87%	19.91%	8 Years
LRCX Lam Research	$1.04	0.35%	+14.87%	18.06%	10 Years
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	$3.40	2.67%	+5.75%	95.77%	14 Years

Latest LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.85	2.61%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/7/2026
6/9/2026	AMAT Applied Materials	quarterly	$0.53	0.42%	8/20/2026	8/20/2026	9/10/2026
5/20/2026	LRCX Lam Research	quarterly	$0.26	0.28%	6/17/2026	6/17/2026	7/8/2026
5/26/2026	MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	quarterly	$0.85	2.96%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	7/8/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ADBE Adobe	0.42	0.75	0.75
AMAT Applied Materials	0.22	2.51	1.80
LRCX Lam Research	0.30	2.63	1.91
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	1.02	1.30	1.06

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ADBE Adobe	81.79%
AMAT Applied Materials	80.56%
LRCX Lam Research	84.61%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	76.07%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ADBE Adobe	0.20%
AMAT Applied Materials	0.30%
LRCX Lam Research	0.31%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	0.17%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ADBE Adobe	31,360	397.50 million	396.71 million	Optionable
AMAT Applied Materials	36,500	793.96 million	791.58 million	Optionable
LRCX Lam Research	19,000	1.25 billion	1.25 billion	Optionable
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	75,000	2.47 billion	2.47 billion	Optionable

LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Headlines

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10,759 Shares in Merck & Co., Inc. $MRK Purchased by WNY Asset Management LLC

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LRCX, AMAT, ADBE, and MRK Company Descriptions

Adobe NASDAQ:ADBE

$252.64 +2.23 (+0.89%)

As of 02:20 PM Eastern

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 NASDAQ:AMAT

$517.11 +9.44 (+1.86%)

As of 02:20 PM Eastern

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 NASDAQ:LRCX

$294.16 +1.14 (+0.39%)

As of 02:20 PM Eastern

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. NYSE:MRK

$127.40 -2.80 (-2.15%)

As of 02:20 PM Eastern

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.

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