XNAS · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$288.11+6.98%
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TickerWhale Score
61/100
Positive
Score components
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Lam Research scores 61 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
What to watch
- Technical
- Risk
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%96Strong
- Revenue growth 26.0%
- EPS growth 38.5%
Valuation
25%57Positive
- P/E 49.8
- EV/Sales 15.5
Lam Research is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment manufacturers in the world. It specializes in deposition and etch, which entail the buildup of layers on a semiconductor and the subsequent selective removal of patterns from each layer. Lam holds the top market share in etch and holds the clear second share in deposition. It is more exposed to memory chipmakers for DRAM and NAND chips. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and Micron.
#32 by market cap in our coverage · ~23,300 employees · Listed 1984-05-04 · www.lamresearch.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#57 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 61 vs sector average 53.5 (+7.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 50%
Gross margin (industry)Top 33%
Return on equity (industry)Top 17%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 58%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
34/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 34th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 39/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates LRCX's technical setup weak — 34th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
2 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+7.8%
- vs 50-day-6.3%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)46 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength15· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -2.364)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 2 buy vs 6 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)49.8
- P/S (TTM)15.6
- P/B29.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales15.5
- PEG1.29
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin50.5%
- Net margin31.3%
- ROE63.0%
- Debt/Equity0.30
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)26.0%
- EPS growth (YoY)38.5%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $361.9B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Jun '26 | Jun '25 | Jun '24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.2B | $18.4B | $14.9B |
| Gross profit | $11.7B | $9.0B | $7.1B |
| Operating income | $8.2B | $5.9B | $4.3B |
| Net income | $7.3B | $5.4B | $3.8B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.76 | $4.15 | $2.90 |
| Free cash flow | $4.9B | $5.4B | $4.3B |
| Cash | $5.6B | $6.4B | $5.8B |
| Total debt | $3.7B | $4.5B | $5.0B |
| Equity | $12.5B | $9.9B | $8.5B |
| Net debt | -$1.8B | -$1.9B | -$865M |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.58 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCXCurrentLam Research | 61 | 39 | 49.8 | — | 29.0 | 15.5 | $288.11 | +6.98% | +26.0% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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