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Lam Research Corporation

Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · United States

$305.96
-2.56% today
Mkt Cap
$382.85B
P/E
53.21×
Fwd P/E
26.47×
Div Yield
0.34%
Beta
1.87×
52W Range
61.5%
Company profileSource: provider

Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal or selective films for tungsten or molybdenum metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) products; Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD products. It also provides Flex for dielectric etch applications; Vantex, a dielectric etch system that provides RF technology and repeatable wafer-to-wafer performance enabled by Equipment Intelligence solutions; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. In addition, the company offers Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; and Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications. Further, it provides Reliant deposition, etch, and clean products; and Sense.i platform products, as well as customer service, spares, and upgrades. Lam Research Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

www.lamresearch.com
By the numbersComputed from live metrics

Shares trade at a premium 66.2× trailing earnings, easing to 43.8× on forward estimates. Profitability shows a net margin of 30.9% and return on equity of 66.8%. Leverage is modest at -0.1× net debt/EBITDA. Revenue grew 23.8% year-on-year. It yields 0.3% in dividends. The mean analyst target of USD348.65 sits 0.8% below the current price (Buy, 31 analysts).

AI analysisAI-generated · 04 Jul 2026 · claude-opus (research)

business model

Lam Research designs, manufactures, and services wafer fabrication equipment used by semiconductor manufacturers to build integrated circuits. It sells capital equipment for deposition, etch, and clean processes, and earns recurring revenue from spare parts, upgrades, and services on its large installed base.

revenue segments

Revenue splits between systems (new equipment sales for etch, deposition, and cleaning) and the Customer Support Business Group, which covers spares, services, upgrades, and refurbished equipment. Memory (NAND and DRAM), foundry, and logic customers drive demand, with a large concentration in Asia (Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan).

key dependencies

Depends on capital spending cycles of a small set of large chipmakers such as TSMC, Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, and Intel. It relies on continued transitions to advanced nodes, 3D NAND layer scaling, and advanced packaging, plus a complex global supply chain and access to export markets under evolving trade rules.

competitors

Competes with Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron across deposition and etch, and with ASML in the broader wafer fab equipment market. In specific niches it faces KLA (process control) and Screen Holdings and others in cleaning and adjacent steps.

moat

Its moat rests on deep process expertise, particularly in high-aspect-ratio etch and deposition critical to 3D NAND and advanced logic, plus high switching costs once tools are qualified in a fab. A large installed base generates sticky recurring service revenue and close, long-term customer collaboration.

risks

Highly cyclical semiconductor capex, customer concentration, and heavy exposure to memory pricing cycles create earnings volatility. US export restrictions on China, a major market, and geopolitical tensions add regulatory risk, while intense R&D competition threatens technology leadership.

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Financials & metrics

as of 27 Aug 2026
52-week rangeMid-range · 62%
Low $94.11Now $305.96High $438.50

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Profit & loss · annual (USD)latest net margin 31.3%
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Full financial statements

Income statement

Line item20262025202420232022
Total revenue$23.23B$18.44B$14.91B$17.43B
Cost of revenue$11.51B$9.46B$7.85B$9.65B
Gross profit$11.73B$8.98B$7.05B$7.78B
Operating expense$3.53B$3.08B$2.77B$2.56B
R&D$2.38B$2.10B$1.90B$1.73B
Operating income$8.20B$5.90B$4.28B$5.22B
Interest expense$156.88M$178.20M$185.24M$186.46M
Pretax income$8.26B$5.96B$4.36B$5.11B
Tax provision$997.08M$599.91M$532.45M$598.28M
Net income$7.27B$5.36B$3.83B$4.51B
EBITDA$8.86B$6.52B$4.91B$5.64B
Diluted EPS$5.76$4.15$2.90$3.32

Balance sheet

Line item20262025202420232022
Total assets$23.53B$21.35B$18.74B$18.78B
Current assets$15.61B$14.52B$12.88B$13.23B
Cash & equivalents$5.58B$6.39B$5.85B$5.34B
Inventory$4.28B$4.31B$4.22B$4.82B
Total liabilities$11.06B$11.48B$10.21B$10.57B
Current liabilities$5.94B$6.57B$4.34B$4.18B
Total debt$3.73B$4.48B$4.98B$5.01B
Long-term debt$3.72B$3.72B$4.47B$4.96B
Shareholders' equity$12.47B$9.86B$8.54B$8.21B
Retained earnings$34.95B$28.99B$24.81B$22.03B
Working capital$9.67B$7.95B$8.54B$9.04B

Cash flow

Line item20262025202420232022
Operating cash flow$5.86B$6.17B$4.65B$5.18B
Investing cash flow-$922.15M-$708.09M-$370.61M-$534.56M
Financing cash flow-$5.72B-$4.94B-$4.00B-$2.83B
Capital expenditure-$966.40M-$759.19M-$396.67M-$501.57M
Free cash flow$4.89B$5.41B$4.26B$4.68B
Dividends paid-$1.27B-$1.15B-$1.02B-$907.91M
Share buybacks-$3.85B-$3.42B-$2.84B-$2.02B
End cash position$5.60B$6.41B$5.85B$5.59B

Reported figures from public filings via Yahoo Finance. Line coverage varies by company. Not investment advice.

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.34%
Annual Rate
$1.04
Payout Ratio
18.1%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
17 Jun 2026
Pay date
08 Jul 2026
Most recent
$0.26
Dividend history · per payment (USD)
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Analyst assessment

as of 27 Aug 2026
Strong Buy31 analysts
Implied to mean target
+21.4%
Low $290.00High $500.00
Now
$305.96
Low
$290.00
Mean
$371.35
High
$500.00
Rating distribution
Strong Buy 4
Buy 25
Hold 6
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0

Aggregate consensus only. Named per-analyst targets require a premium source and are not shown; the data model is ready to hold them if one is added.

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Technicals

as of 26 Aug 2026
CloseSMA 50SMA 200Golden cross
SMA 50
$333.63
SMA 200
$255.86
RSI (14)
50.9
MACD
-2.29
RSI (14) · overbought > 70 · oversold < 30
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