NASDAQ:LRCXLam Research Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lam Research's stock was trading at $276.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LRCX shares have increased by 17.0% and is now trading at $323.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Lam Research.

Lam Research is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lam Research.

Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $3.98 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.98. The semiconductor company had revenue of $2.51 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.51 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 47.79% and a net margin of 21.81%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.70 earnings per share. View Lam Research's earnings history.

Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Wednesday, July 8th. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 16th. View Lam Research's dividend history.

Lam Research declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 23% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

26 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Lam Research's shares. Their forecasts range from $231.00 to $400.00. On average, they expect Lam Research's share price to reach $314.27 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. View analysts' price targets for Lam Research.

Headlines about LRCX stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lam Research earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Lam Research.

Lam Research saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,700,000 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the May 31st total of 4,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,510,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 3.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Lam Research's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lam Research investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Netflix (NFLX), Intel (INTC), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), Boeing (BA) and salesforce.com (CRM).

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 shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Lam Research stock include Abhijit Y Talwalkar, Christine Heckart, Douglas R Bettinger, Kevin Jennings, Mansy Youssef A El, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Sarah A O'dowd, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Timothy Archer and Vahid Vahedi. View institutional ownership trends for Lam Research.

LRCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lam Research company stock in the last year include Abhijit Y Talwalkar, Douglas R Bettinger, Kevin Jennings, Mansy Youssef A El, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Sarah A O'dowd, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Timothy Archer, and Vahid Vahedi. View insider buying and selling activity for Lam Research.

Shares of LRCX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LRCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $323.70.

Lam Research has a market capitalization of $46.99 billion and generates $9.65 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.55 on an earnings per share basis. Lam Research employs 10,700 workers across the globe.

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

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]