Lam Research - LRCX Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LRCX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LRCX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lam Research's stock. Their LRCX share price forecasts range from $450.00 to $840.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $610.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.4% from the stock's current price.
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Lam Research's stock was trading at $719.15 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LRCX stock has decreased by 47.1% and is now trading at $380.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The semiconductor company reported $8.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $7.30 by $1.53. The semiconductor company earned $4.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.21 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 26.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 75.71%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $8.09 EPS.
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Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 14th will be given a dividend of $1.725 per share on Wednesday, October 5th. This represents a $6.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 13th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.50.
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Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) pays an annual dividend of $6.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.81%. 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 21.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LRCX will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.19% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lam Research updated its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.75-$10.25 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $8.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.60 billion-$5.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.63 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.06%), FMR LLC (3.68%), Sands Capital Management LLC (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.94%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.88%). Insiders that own company stock include 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, Sarah A O'dowd, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, 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 $380.56.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has a market capitalization of $52.13 billion and generates $17.23 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $4.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.75 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.