NASDAQ:LRCXLam Research Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lam Research's stock was trading at $276.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $3.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.98. The semiconductor company had revenue of $2.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.51 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 47.79% and a net margin of 21.81%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.70 EPS. View Lam Research's earnings history.

Lam Research announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 18th. Stockholders 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 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 of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 23% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Lam Research's shares. Their forecasts range from $231.00 to $400.00. On average, they anticipate Lam Research's stock price to reach $314.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. View analysts' price targets for Lam Research.

News headlines about LRCX stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lam Research earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Lam Research.

Lam Research saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 2,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 3.3% of the company's stock 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), 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 variety of retail and institutional 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]