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 given 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 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 24th. View Lam Research's Dividend History.

Lam Research declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share 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 purchase up to 23% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The semiconductor company reported $4.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.16. The semiconductor company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.51 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 45.72% and a net margin of 21.67%. Lam Research's revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.87 earnings per share. 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 (EPS) guidance of $4.15-4.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Lam Research's stock. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $400.00. On average, they expect Lam Research's stock price to reach $323.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% 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.

Media coverage about LRCX stock has trended very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Lam Research earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Lam Research.

Lam Research saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,270,000 shares, a drop of 14.4% from the December 31st total of 6,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock 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), Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), Adobe (ADBE), Boeing (BA) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Lam Research's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $294.49.

Lam Research has a market capitalization of $42.86 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]