NASDAQ:LRCXLam Research Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lam Research's stock was trading at $276.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LRCX stock has increased by 39.2% and is now trading at $384.96.
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25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Lam Research is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 29th. The semiconductor company reported $4.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.20 by $0.58. The semiconductor company earned $2.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.68 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 49.72% and a net margin of 22.42%. The company's revenue was up 18.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.62 EPS.
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Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given a dividend of $1.15 per share on Wednesday, July 8th. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 16th.
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Lam Research declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan 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 buy up to 23% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Lam Research updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.75-5.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.12. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.90-3.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.72 billion.

25 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Lam Research's shares. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $450.00. On average, they expect Lam Research's share price to reach $374.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.8%.
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News headlines about LRCX stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lam Research earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Lam Research saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,380,000 shares, a decrease of 6.8% from the June 15th total of 4,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Lam Research trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LRCX."

Lam Research's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (0.33%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.30%), UBS Group AG (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and Strs Ohio (0.14%). 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.
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LRCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Group AG, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Mackay Shields LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, First Trust Advisors LP, and Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lam Research company stock in the last year include 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.
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LRCX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Veracity Capital LLC, Strs Ohio, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, and Ardevora Asset Management LLP.
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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 $384.96.

Lam Research has a market capitalization of $55.88 billion and generates $10.04 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.95 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]