Lam Research - LRCX Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" LRCX shares.
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18 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lam Research's stock. Their LRCX share price forecasts range from $375.00 to $620.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $492.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.0%.
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Lam Research's stock was trading at $420.30 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LRCX shares have increased by 25.9% and is now trading at $529.25.
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Lam Research saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,540,000 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the December 31st total of 2,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 19th 2023.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The semiconductor company reported $10.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $9.95 by $0.76. The semiconductor company earned $5.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.08 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 26.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 73.48%. The firm's revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $8.53 earnings per share.
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Lam Research announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 14th will be given a dividend of $1.725 per share on Wednesday, January 4th. This represents a $6.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 13th.
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Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) pays an annual dividend of $6.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.30%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LRCX will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lam Research issued an update on its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.75-$7.25 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.50 billion-$4.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.38 billion.

152 employees have rated Lam Research Chief Executive Officer Tim Archer on Glassdoor.com. Tim Archer has an approval rating of 94% among the company'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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.96%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.34%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.18%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.15%), Parnassus Investments LLC (0.14%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Abhijit Y Talwalkar, Catherine P Lego, Douglas R Bettinger, Douglas R Bettinger, Jaynie M Studenmund, Kevin Jennings, Leslie F Varon, Mansy Youssef A El, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Richard A Gottscho, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Sohail U Ahmed, Timothy Archer, Timothy Archer and Vahid Vahedi.
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Shares of LRCX stock 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 $529.25.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has a market capitalization of $71.42 billion and generates $17.23 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $4.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $37.20 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 17,700 workers across the globe.

Lam Research's mailing address is 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont CA, 94538. The official website for the company is www.lamresearch.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (510) 572-0200, via email at investor.relations@lamresearch.com, or via fax at 510-572-6454.