Lam Research - LRCX Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 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 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LRCX shares.
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21 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Lam Research's stock. Their LRCX share price forecasts range from $300.00 to $837.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $484.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% from the stock's current price.
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Lam Research's stock was trading at $719.15 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LRCX stock has decreased by 37.0% and is now trading at $453.25.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 25th 2023.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 19th. The semiconductor company reported $10.42 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $9.54 by $0.88. The semiconductor company earned $5.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.91 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 26.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 74.74%. Lam Research's revenue was up 17.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $8.36 EPS.
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Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.725 per share on Wednesday, January 4th. This represents a $6.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.52%. 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 1.52%. 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 19.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LRCX will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lam Research updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.25-$10.75 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.47. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.80 billion-$5.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.91 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.55%), BlackRock Inc. (8.01%), State Street Corp (4.14%), Sands Capital Management LLC (1.76%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.66%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.18%). 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, 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 $453.25.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has a market capitalization of $61.81 billion and generates $17.23 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $4.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $34.87 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.