Lam Research Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Lam Research stock.
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Lam Research saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 2,720,000 shares, an increase of 44.7% from the January 28th total of 1,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Lam Research is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 28th 2021.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $6.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.72 by $0.31. The semiconductor company had revenue of $3.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.34 billion. Lam Research had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.82% and a net margin of 23.60%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 33.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.01 EPS.
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Lam Research's stock was trading at $276.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LRCX stock has increased by 98.0% and is now trading at $547.70.
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Lam Research announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.30 per share on Wednesday, April 7th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 16th.
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Lam Research pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.95%. Lam Research has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Lam Research is 32.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lam Research will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.01% next year. This indicates that Lam Research will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lam Research issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.15-6.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.5-3.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.31 billion.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Lam Research's shares. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $660.00. On average, they anticipate Lam Research's stock price to reach $478.88 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.6%.
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152 employees have rated Lam Research CEO Tim Archer on Glassdoor.com. Tim Archer has an approval rating of 94% among Lam Research's employees. This puts Tim Archer in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Lam Research trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LRCX."

Lam Research's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.84%), FMR LLC (6.11%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.61%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.12%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.58%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.23%). Company insiders that own Lam Research stock include Abhijit Y Talwalkar, Douglas R Bettinger, Kevin Jennings, Leslie F Varon, Mansy Youssef A El, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Sarah A O'dowd, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Timothy Archer and Vahid Vahedi.
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LRCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Boston Partners, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, and Railway Pension Investments Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Lam Research company stock in the last year include Douglas R Bettinger, Kevin Jennings, Leslie F Varon, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Timothy Archer, and Vahid Vahedi.
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LRCX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Sands Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Cibc World Markets Corp, CIBC World Markets Inc., Pendal Group Limited, and Bessemer Group Inc..
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Shares of LRCX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LRCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $547.70.

Lam Research has a market capitalization of $78.27 billion and generates $10.04 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.95 on an earnings per share basis.

Lam Research employs 11,700 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Lam Research: Coventor, Coventor Inc., Coventor Inc. Representative Office Taiwan, Coventor Korea Limited, Coventor Sarl, Lam Research (H.K.) Limited, Lam Research (H.K.) Limited Taiwan Branch, Lam Research (India) Private Ltd., Lam Research (Ireland) Limited, Lam Research (Israel) Ltd., Lam Research (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Lam Research AG, Lam Research B.V., Lam Research Belgium BVBA, Lam Research Capital LLC, Lam Research Capital Ltd., Lam Research Co. Ltd., Lam Research GmbH, Lam Research Holding GmbH, Lam Research Illinois IAG Inc, Lam Research International B.V., Lam Research International Holding Company, Lam Research International Holdings II Ltd., Lam Research International Holdings Ltd., Lam Research International S?rl, Lam Research Korea LLC YH, Lam Research Korea Limited, Lam Research Ltd., Lam Research Luxembourg S.à.r.l., Lam Research Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Lam Research Management GmbH, Lam Research Manufacturing Korea LLC, Lam Research S.r.l., Lam Research SAS, Lam Research Service Co. Ltd., Lam Research Services Ltd., Lam Research Singapore Pte Ltd., Metryx Ltd., Novellus International Holdco LLC., Novellus Systems, Novellus Systems Inc., Novellus Systems International B.V., Novellus Systems International LLC, Silfex, Silfex Inc., SpeedFam-IPEC International Services LLC, Straatum Processware, and The SEZ Group.

Lam Research was founded in 1980.

The official website for Lam Research is www.lamresearch.com.

Lam Research is headquartered at 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont CA, 94538.

Lam Research's mailing address is 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont CA, 94538. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 510-572-0200 or via email at [email protected]