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Lam Research Corporation

NMS · Technology

$314.42

$4.25 (+1.37%)up 1.37%

25 August 2026 · delayed 15+ min

D+

Quality score67.1 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Lam Research Corporation earns a D+ on excellent profit margins (>20%) and strong ROE (>20%) but high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) and severe max drawdown (-56.4%). Reasonable investment with moderate upside potential.

Model stance HOLD Suggested position 4.2% · $420.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Medium-term investors 4.2% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in dollars.

IQ-LRCX-20260825engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

$94.11

Lowest analyst target

$290.00

Today's price

$314.42

Mean analyst target

$371.35

52-week high

$438.50

Highest analyst target

$500.00

LRCX trades 64% of the way up its 52-week range, between $94.11 and $438.50. The mean analyst target of $371.35 is 18.1% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthExcellent profit margins (>20%); Strong ROE (>20%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 100.023%

Profit margin

31.27%

Net profit per unit of revenue

exceptionalWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

Margins this wide usually mean real pricing power or a moat.

Operating margin

37.39%

Before interest and tax

very highWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

Typical of software and other businesses with little cost per extra sale.

Gross margin

50.47%

After the cost of goods only

highWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Little marginal cost per sale, which is what lets software and pharma fund heavy R&D.

Return on equity

65.07%

Profit per unit of shareholder capital

very strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of shareholder capital.

Rare when sustained — check whether debt is flattering it, since borrowing shrinks the equity denominator.

Return on assets

22.84%

Profit per unit of assets

very strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

Usually an asset-light business — the value is in people and brands, not property.

Debt to equity

33.05

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Current ratio

2.63

Short-term assets over short-term debts

very liquidWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Plenty of cover, though idle cash earns little.

Quick ratio

1.84

As above, excluding inventory

comfortableWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Liquid assets exceed short-term obligations.

Revenue growth

30.00%

Year on year

fast-growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Rapid growth, though the question is always how long it can hold.

Earnings growth

34.80%

Year on year

very strongWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Check whether it is repeatable or a one-off — a single asset sale can flatter this badly.

Revenue

$23.23B

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

$3.09B

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

$5.86B

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

18.06%

Dividends as a share of earnings

conservativeWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

Comfortably covered, with room to keep raising it.

Growth & momentumStrong 1-year return (212.2%); Severe max drawdown (-56.4%); High volatility 65.022%

Return, 1 month

16.62%

Return, 3 months

-1.34%

Return, 6 months

26.27%

Return, year to date

70.23%

Return, 1 year

212.16%

Return, 3 years

382.62%

Sharpe ratio

0.91

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

51.67%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.19%

Best day

18.02%

Worst day

-11.60%

ValuationHigh P/E ratio (54.5) - may be overvalued; High P/B ratio (31.55) 20.018%

P/E ratio

54.49

Price against trailing earnings

very highWhat this means

You pay 54.49 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Above 40 the price assumes growth that then has to actually arrive.

Forward P/E

27.21

Price against forecast earnings

moderateWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

A conventional range.

PEG ratio

1.46

P/E adjusted for growth

fairWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Between 1 and 2 price and growth are roughly in step.

Price to book

31.55

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

16.93

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

44.75

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

$386.66B

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

1,251,321,000

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

0.34%

Annual dividend against price

modestWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

A small income component.

TechnicalPrice well above 200-day SMA (strong uptrend); RSI in healthy range (30-70) 100.015%

RSI (14)

48.7

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

-1.55

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

0.63

Positive is bullish

ADX

9.4

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

no clear trendWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Below about 20 the price is ranging rather than trending.

20-day average

$311.07

50-day average

$335.17

200-day average

$254.88

Price vs 50-day

-6.19%

Price vs 200-day

23.36%

Bollinger upper

$348.69

Bollinger lower

$273.44

Average true range

19.66

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

40.2

RiskHigh volatility risk; High beta (1.86) - more volatile than market 10.012%

Volatility, annualised

49.26%

How far it swings in a year

turbulentWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

Large swings in both directions — position size matters more than usual here.

Beta

1.86

Moves against the wider market

more volatile than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Amplifies the index — bigger gains, bigger falls.

Maximum drawdown

-56.39%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

severeWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A fall this deep needs roughly a doubling to recover.

Risk category

Very High

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Strong Buy; Strong analyst coverage (31 analysts) 100.010%

Consensus

Strong Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

31

Mean price target

$371.35

Highest target

$500.00

Lowest target

$290.00

Implied upside

18.11%

Target against today's price

meaningfulWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts see real room above today's price.

Price against the S&P 500

180 trading days to 2026-08-25

LRCX is 98.5% up over the window, against 11.7% up for the S&P 500 — ahead by 86.8 points.
LRCX +98.5%S&P 500 +11.7%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2025-12-05, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseLRCX rebasedS&P 500 rebased
2025-12-05$158.40100.0100.0
2025-12-29$175.54110.8100.5
2026-01-21$227.96143.9100.1
2026-02-11$234.67148.2101.0
2026-03-05$214.53135.499.4
2026-03-26$211.47133.594.3
2026-04-17$267.41168.8103.7
2026-05-08$293.84185.5107.7
2026-06-01$316.90200.1110.6
2026-06-23$371.33234.4107.2
2026-07-15$335.43211.8110.2
2026-08-05$307.42194.1112.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health100.023%23.0
Growth & momentum65.022%14.3
Valuation20.018%3.6
Technical100.015%15.0
Risk10.012%1.2
Analyst view100.010%10.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%67.1

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Your grade

D+

67.1 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 66 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-11.60%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum51.67%Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data1,924,479Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk49.26%Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical40.2Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.91Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation1,251,321,000Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical48.7Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskVery HighYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health30.00%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health$23.23BYahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum70.23%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum26.27%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum382.62%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-1.34%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum212.16%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum16.62%Yahoo Finance
Return on equityFinancial health65.07%Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health22.84%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health1.84Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health31.27%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical-6.19%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical23.36%Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation16.93Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation31.55Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data$310.17Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation1.46Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health18.06%Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation54.49Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health37.39%Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health$5.86BYahoo Finance
OpenMarket data$316.20Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view$371.35Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-56.39%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical0.63Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-1.55Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view$290.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view18.11%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view$500.00Yahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health50.47%Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health$3.09BYahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation27.21Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation44.75Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation$386.66BYahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data23,300Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health34.80%Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation0.34%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health33.05Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data$307.88Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data$318.61Yahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health2.63Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewStrong BuyYahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical$348.69Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical$273.44Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk1.86Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum18.02%Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data11,591,958Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical19.66Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.19%Yahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view31Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical9.4Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data$94.11Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data$438.50Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical$335.17Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical$254.88Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical$311.07Yahoo Finance
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