Lam Research - LRCX Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lam Research in the last twelve months. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LRCX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LRCX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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19 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Lam Research's stock. Their LRCX share price forecasts range from $450.00 to $840.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $613.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.6% from the stock's current price.
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Lam Research's stock was trading at $719.15 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, LRCX stock has decreased by 28.1% and is now trading at $517.29.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Lam Research Co. (NASDAQ:LRCX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 27th. The semiconductor company reported $8.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $7.30 by $1.53. The semiconductor company had revenue of $4.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.21 billion. Lam Research had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 75.71% and a net margin of 26.73%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $8.09 EPS.
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Lam Research declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Wednesday, July 6th. This represents a $6.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 14th.
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Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.16%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LRCX will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lam Research issued an update on its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.75-$10.25 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.60 billion-$5.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.63 billion.

152 employees have rated Lam Research Chief Executive Officer Tim Archer on Glassdoor.com. Tim Archer has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Tim Archer in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM) and PayPal (PYPL).

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 investors include State Street Corp (4.06%), FMR LLC (3.68%), Sands Capital Management LLC (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.94%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Catherine P Lego, Douglas R Bettinger, Douglas R Bettinger, Jaynie M Studenmund, Kevin Jennings, Leslie F Varon, Mansy Youssef A El, Patrick J Lord, Richard A Gottscho, Richard A Gottscho, Sarah A O'dowd, Scott Gerald Meikle, Seshasayee Varadarajan, Timothy Archer, Timothy Archer and Vahid Vahedi.
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Shares of LRCX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LRCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $517.29.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has a market capitalization of $71.75 billion and generates $17.23 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $4.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.75 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,100 workers across the globe.

Lam Research was founded in 1980.

Lam Research's mailing address is 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont CA, 94538. The official website for the company is www.lamresearch.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (510) 572-0200, via email at investor.relations@lamresearch.com, or via fax at 510-572-6454.