NASDAQ:LRCX - Lam Research Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 25th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Wednesday, April 8th. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 24th. View Lam Research's Dividend History.

Lam Research announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 23% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The semiconductor company reported $4.01 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.16. The semiconductor company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.51 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 21.67% and a return on equity of 45.72%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.87 EPS. View Lam Research's Earnings History.

Lam Research is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lam Research.

Lam Research updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.15-4.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6-3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.57 billion.

21 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Lam Research's shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $400.00. On average, they anticipate Lam Research's share price to reach $323.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lam Research.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lam Research.

News stories about LRCX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lam Research earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lam Research.

Lam Research saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 4,090,000 shares, a drop of 24.0% from the January 30th total of 5,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), Boeing (BA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Lam Research's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (5.79%), State Street Corp (4.44%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (3.24%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.27%). Company insiders that own Lam Research stock include Abhijit Y Talwalkar, Christine Heckart, Douglas R Bettinger, Kevin Jennings, Mansy Youssef A El, Martin B Anstice, 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 LSV Asset Management, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Fred Alger Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and USS Investment Management Ltd. 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 for Lam Research.

LRCX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Boston Partners, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $296.60.

Lam Research has a market capitalization of $43.17 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.View Additional Information About Lam Research.

The official website for Lam Research is http://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]