Lam Research Corporation
NASDAQ · USD
Mega cap
In line with peers
1.31× peer median
87% more volatile
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$17.2B in FY22 to $23.2B in FY26, with the latest year up 26.0%.
Growth · FY26
$21.8B of free cash flow against $25.6B of net income across 5 fiscal years.
Quality · FY26
Free cash flow of $4.9B covers the business without outside capital, on $5.6B of cash and short-term investments.
Liquidity · FY26
$5.6B of cash and short-term investments against $3.8B of total debt.
Liquidity · FY26
$15.6B of current assets against $5.9B due within a year.
Liquidity · FY26
$23.2B of revenue against $15.0B of operating costs, leaving $8.2B.
Profitability · FY26
31.2% in FY22 to 35.3% in FY26.
Profitability · FY26
Revenue came in above consensus by 1.6% on average over the last four reports.
Quality · Jul '26
The latest trading day saw Lam Research (LRCX) settling at $292.66, representing a +1.51% change from its previous close.
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Average month-end to month-end move for LRCXin each calendar month. Point at a bar for that month's spread: past seasonality is a tendency in a small sample, not a forecast.
+$4.8B vs FY25
FY25 → FY26
FY22 → FY26, annualized
+26.0% vs the four before
Q4 FY26 · +30.0% YoY
Share of the latest fiscal year, largest first. The line is the segment across every fiscal year we have: hover it to read one.
What each segment added to or took off the top line in dollars: ranked by the size of the move, not its percentage.
+26.0% YoY
+1.8 pp YoY
+3.3 pp YoY
+35.6% YoY
+2.2 pp YoY
+38.8% YoY
−9.7% YoY
−8.2% YoY
| $ billions | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 3.5 |
| Short-term investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Receivables | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| $ billions | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 5.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 |
| Capital expenditure | −1.0 | −0.8 | −0.4 | −0.5 | −0.5 |
| Free cash flow | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
P/E vs EPS growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
P/S vs revenue growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
| Ticker | P/E | Fwd P/E | PEG | P/S | Fwd P/S | PSG | EPS gr | Rev gr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCX | 50.5 | 30.9 | 0.93 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 0.41 | 33% | 26% |
| MU | 21.4 | 13.1 | 0.07 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 0.09 | 181% | 96% |
| INTC | -43.4 | 61.2 | - | 8.1 | 7.4 | 0.47 | 0% | 16% |
| AMAT | 37.4 | 34.0 | 0.83 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 0.39 | 41% | 26% |
| ARM | 250.1 | 108.9 | 1.58 | 50.2 | 42.7 | 1.40 | 69% | 30% |
| ANET | 59.6 | 46.6 | 1.47 | 22.9 | 19.0 | 0.61 | 32% | 31% |
Dots = reported EPS vs consensus · gap = surprise · dashed = estimate ($)
Solid = reported · dashed = forward consensus · shaded = analyst low–high ($B)
Rows: discount rate (r) · Columns: terminal growth (g∞) · cell = fair value, shaded by up/downside vs 293.
Last 12M · $7M bought · $121M sold · net −$114M
| Inventory |
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| 4.3 |
| 4.3 |
| 4.2 |
| 4.8 |
| 4.0 |
| Total current assets | 15.6 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 |
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| Property, plant & equipment | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
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| Long-term investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Other non-current assets | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
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| Total assets | 23.5 | 21.3 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 17.2 |
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| Accounts payable | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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| Short-term debt | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Total current liabilities | 5.9 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
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| Long-term debt | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
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| Total liabilities | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
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| Shareholders’ equity | 12.5 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 6.3 |
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Fiscal year · latest five reported years
| 4.7 |
| 2.6 |
| Investing cash flow | −0.9 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.5 | 0.6 |
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| Dividends paid | −1.3 | −1.1 | −1.0 | −0.9 | −0.8 |
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| Share buybacks | −3.9 | −3.4 | −2.8 | −2.0 | −3.9 |
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| Net debt issued / (repaid) | −0.8 | −0.5 | −0.3 | −0.0 | −0.0 |
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| Financing cash flow | −5.7 | −4.9 | −4.0 | −2.8 | −4.6 |
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| Net change in cash | −0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | −0.9 |
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Fiscal year · outflows shown negative