Has Market Sentiment Shifted on Lam Research?

After this morning's 6.9% surge to $525.09 per share, Lam Research might just keep moving past its target price of $516.08. With an average analyst rating of buy, and target prices from $309.0 to $575.0, the stock's next move is anyone's guess.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.1%, and a short ratio of 2.21. The company's insiders own 0.3% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 87.5% of Lam Research's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Lam Research

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 9% 11,788,267 $6,189,842,436
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 11,027,183 $5,790,208,627
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 5,604,594 $2,942,888,363
2022-12-31 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 4% 4,982,563 $2,616,269,202
2022-12-31 FMR, LLC 3% 4,649,554 $2,441,411,164
2022-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 3% 3,760,079 $1,974,361,164
2022-12-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 3,389,485 $1,779,767,805
2022-12-31 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 2% 2,641,859 $1,387,200,591
2022-12-31 Janus Henderson Group PLC 2% 2,596,350 $1,363,304,496
2022-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 2,523,525 $1,325,065,180
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