Key Insights into Lam Research Stock

By Tamara Parker • Friday, August 02 07:53 • Permanent Link

Lam Research logged a -9.9% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $830.33 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. LRCX's trading volume is 2,843,585 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,010,398.

Lam Research trades -20.86% away from its average analyst target price of $1049.23 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $670.0 to $1325.0, and on average have given Lam Research a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in LRCX, you'll want to know the following:

Lam Research's current price is 285.2% above its Graham number of $215.57, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Lam Research has moved 20.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 28.98, Lam Research has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.7 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
LRCX has a forward P/E ratio of 17.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $46.53 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.09 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Lam Research is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 12.7 compared to its sector average of 4.11
Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits.

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