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NASDAQ:LRCX

Lam Research (LRCX) Competitors

$613.67
-6.19 (-1.00%)
(As of 04:32 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$607.75
$621.58
50-Day Range
$485.08
$629.96
52-Week Range
$299.59
$644.60
Volume
1.18 million shs
Average Volume
1.33 million shs
Market Capitalization
$82.44 billion
P/E Ratio
17.09
Dividend Yield
1.12%
Price Target
$505.00

LRCX vs. ASML, ADI, MU, UBER, SHOP, SNPS, AMX, PYPL, ABNB, and INFY

Should you be buying Lam Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lam Research include ASML (ASML), Analog Devices (ADI), Micron Technology (MU), Uber Technologies (UBER), Shopify (SHOP), Synopsys (SNPS), América Móvil (AMX), PayPal (PYPL), Airbnb (ABNB), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Lam Research vs.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) and Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Lam Research received 755 more outperform votes than ASML when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.39% of users gave Lam Research an outperform vote while only 64.60% of users gave ASML an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ASMLOutperform Votes
604
64.60%
Underperform Votes
331
35.40%
Lam ResearchOutperform Votes
1359
77.39%
Underperform Votes
397
22.61%

18.6% of ASML shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Lam Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lam Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

ASML has a net margin of 28.22% compared to Lam Research's net margin of 26.08%. ASML's return on equity of 84.55% beat Lam Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ASML 28.22% 84.55% 20.43%
Lam Research 26.08% 66.54% 27.20%

ASML presently has a consensus price target of $694.27, indicating a potential downside of 4.03%. Lam Research has a consensus price target of $505.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.83%. Given ASML's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ASML is more favorable than Lam Research.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ASML
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Lam Research
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

ASML has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lam Research has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ASML pays an annual dividend of $6.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Lam Research pays an annual dividend of $6.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ASML pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lam Research pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ASML has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Lam Research has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Lam Research is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Lam Research had 1 more articles in the media than ASML. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lam Research and 8 mentions for ASML. Lam Research's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat ASML's score of 0.65 indicating that Lam Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ASML
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lam Research
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ASML has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lam Research. Lam Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASML, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ASML$16.26 billion17.56$5.93 billion$18.1039.98
Lam Research$17.23 billion4.80$4.61 billion$35.9117.14

Summary

Lam Research beats ASML on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LRCX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LRCX vs. The Competition

MetricLam ResearchSpecial industry machinery IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$82.70B$17.78B$15.21B$6.25B
Dividend Yield1.12%1.28%4.63%6.35%
P/E Ratio17.1424.53308.9011.42
Price / Sales4.804.45835.3587.79
Price / Cash17.1421.0727.87108.39
Price / Book9.844.0817.436.95
Net Income$4.61B$554.62M$525.00M$193.37M
7 Day Performance-2.02%0.97%1.05%1.44%
1 Month Performance17.96%4.23%5.94%4.45%
1 Year Performance17.64%10.86%-5.45%0.53%

Lam Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASML
ASML
1.9582 of 5 stars
$728.26
-1.0%
$694.27
-4.7%
+28.9%$287.36B$16.26B40.2439,086Short Interest ↑
ADI
Analog Devices
2.4981 of 5 stars
$177.43
+0.5%
$208.17
+17.3%
+9.5%$89.75B$12.01B25.1324,450Analyst Report
MU
Micron Technology
2.0671 of 5 stars
$71.69
-3.0%
$70.03
-2.3%
-6.1%$78.21B$30.76B51.5848,000Insider Selling
UBER
Uber Technologies
2.3755 of 5 stars
$37.57
-2.3%
$48.87
+30.1%
+67.7%$76.03B$31.88B-21.7132,800
SHOP
Shopify
1.506 of 5 stars
$58.19
-1.8%
$54.85
-5.7%
+60.2%$74.29B$5.60B-38.5411,600Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
SNPS
Synopsys
2.0948 of 5 stars
$464.83
+4.5%
$434.70
-6.5%
+43.5%$70.73B$5.08B78.3919,000Insider Selling
High Trading Volume
AMX
América Móvil
2.4152 of 5 stars
$22.00
-1.4%
$22.43
+2.0%
+2.0%$69.50B$42.01B18.18176,014Analyst Report
PYPL
PayPal
3.1298 of 5 stars
$62.05
+3.0%
$100.85
+62.5%
-23.6%$69.23B$28.08B26.1829,900Options Volume
ABNB
Airbnb
2.7106 of 5 stars
$107.19
+0.4%
$135.55
+26.5%
-3.9%$68.30B$8.71B35.616,811Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Options Volume
INFY
Infosys
2.3173 of 5 stars
$15.91
+0.3%
$18.57
+16.7%
-16.8%$65.81B$18.21B22.41314,015Dividend Increase

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This page (NASDAQ:LRCX) was last updated on 6/2/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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