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Lam Research Corporation (LRCX)

NASDAQ / Technology / Semiconductors

Share price

277.46 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

347.20B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Aug 7, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 14, 2026
Filed years
10, FY2017 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

65.5% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

49.55x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

1.4% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 8.01B USDFY2017 Net income: 1.70B USDFY2018 Revenue: 11.08B USDFY2018 Net income: 2.38B USDFY2019 Revenue: 9.65B USDFY2019 Net income: 2.19B USDFY2020 Revenue: 10.04B USDFY2020 Net income: 2.25B USDFY2021 Revenue: 14.63B USDFY2021 Net income: 3.91B USDFY2022 Revenue: 17.23B USDFY2022 Net income: 4.61B USDFY2023 Revenue: 17.43B USDFY2023 Net income: 4.51B USDFY2024 Revenue: 14.91B USDFY2024 Net income: 3.83B USDFY2025 Revenue: 18.44B USDFY2025 Net income: 5.36B USDFY2026 Revenue: 23.23B USDFY2026 Net income: 7.27B USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 49.55x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits above the highest.

Today, against the Semiconductors industry (51 companies), 49.55x sits at the 44th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 34.72x to 102.11x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 65.5% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Exceptional" (20.0% and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on the capital in the business well above the usual cost of that capital.

Today, against the Semiconductors industry (34 companies), 65.5% sits at the 91st percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.6% to 16.1%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 52.27x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether Lam Research Corporation's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Semiconductors industry, year by year. (FY2021 to FY2025, 5 fiscal years of Lam Research Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Lam Research Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Lam Research Corporation)
What could explain it
What in Lam Research Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (12 readings drawn from the statement lines Lam Research Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Lam Research Corporation, and where in its filings. (4 questions for Lam Research Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Lam Research Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (16 of sixteen figures read for Lam Research Corporation)

These are LRCX’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, accession 0000707549-26-000037.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Lam Research Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax65.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Return on equity58.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Return on capital employed, pre-tax46.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Return on assets30.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Gross margin50.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Operating margin35.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Net margin31.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
LRCX 31.3%
AMAT 24.7%KLAC 35.6%AMD 12.5%TXN 28.3%ASML 29.4%
12.5%35.6%
Net margin: LRCX against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Lam Research Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.33 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Current ratio2.63 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Quick ratio1.91 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Interest coverage52.27x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Altman Z-score24.34 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Net debt-1.47B ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Total assets 23.53BTotal liabilities 11.06BShareholders' equity 12.47BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Lam Research Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037).

Lam Research Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets23.53B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026
Total liabilities11.06B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026
Shareholders' equity12.47B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026
Cash5.58B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026
Total debt4.11B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026
Net debt-1.47B
Current ratio2.63
Debt to equity0.33

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Lam Research Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings49.55x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
P/E on trailing twelve months48.17x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book29.01x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Price to sales15.57x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Enterprise value to EBIT43.95x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Enterprise value to EBITDA41.70x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Price to earnings over growth3.04 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Diluted earnings per share5.76 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Graham number35.89 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value LRCX on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Lam Research Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Lam Research Corporation: valuation
Share price277.46 USD
Market capitalisation347.20B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA41.70x
Graham number35.89 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20265.76 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 15, 2017: low 9.35x, median 21.35x, high 81.91x, latest 48.17x. 2,305 trading days with a meaningful ratio. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Lam Research Corporation

  1. Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)Market cap 341.30B USD
  2. KLA Corporation (KLAC)Market cap 227.70B USD
  3. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)Market cap 917.80B USD
  4. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN)Market cap 254.90B USD
  5. ASML Holding N.V. (ASML)Market cap 638.80B USD

Same industry (Semiconductors) and size band (Mega, 200B and over), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Lam Research Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield1.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Free cash flow4.89B USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Free cash flow margin21.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Dividend yield0.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Payout ratio17.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
FY2017 Free cash flow: 1.87B USDFY2017 Net income: 1.70B USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 2.38B USDFY2018 Net income: 2.38B USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 2.87B USDFY2019 Net income: 2.19B USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 1.92B USDFY2020 Net income: 2.25B USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 3.24B USDFY2021 Net income: 3.91B USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 2.55B USDFY2022 Net income: 4.61B USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 4.68B USDFY2023 Net income: 4.51B USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 4.26B USDFY2024 Net income: 3.83B USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 5.41B USDFY2025 Net income: 5.36B USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 4.89B USDFY2026 Net income: 7.27B USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Lam Research Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
49.55xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
29.01xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
43.95xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
1.4%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
65.5%FY2026Aug 7, 2026
0.4%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.33FY2026Aug 7, 2026
2.63FY2026Aug 7, 2026
15.57xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
3.04FY2026Oct 15, 2026
24.34FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-1.54FY2026Aug 7, 2026
8/9FY2026Aug 7, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 10 filed fiscal years on record, FY2017 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 14, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Lam Research Corporation filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Lam Research Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY202623.23B8.20B7.27B5.764.89B35.3%58.3%10-K, Aug 7, 20260000707549-26-000037
FY202518.44B5.90B5.36B4.155.41B32.0%54.3%10-K, Aug 11, 20250000707549-25-000075
FY202414.91B4.26B3.83B2.904.26B28.6%44.8%10-K, Aug 29, 20240000707549-24-000106
FY202317.43B5.17B4.51B3.324.68B29.7%54.9%10-K, Aug 15, 20230000707549-23-000102
FY202217.23B5.38B4.61B3.272.55B31.2%73.3%10-K, Aug 24, 20220000707549-22-000107
FY202114.63B4.48B3.91B2.693.24B30.6%64.8%10-K, Aug 17, 20210000707549-21-000136
FY202010.04B2.67B2.25B1.511.92B26.6%43.5%10-K, Aug 18, 20200000707549-20-000138
FY20199.65B2.46B2.19B1.372.87B25.5%46.9%10-K, Aug 20, 20190000707549-19-000124
FY201811.08B3.21B2.38B1.322.38B29.0%36.6%10-K, Aug 14, 20180000707549-18-000115
FY20178.01B1.90B1.70B0.921.87B23.7%24.9%10-K, Aug 15, 20170000707549-17-000100
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 12.6%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 17.5%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 22.5%
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 11.3%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Lam Research Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-1.54 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Piotroski F-score8/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 7, 2026, 0000707549-26-000037
Named tests met7 of 30 Computed
Beta1.96 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 7 met, 23 not met, 0 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); High returns, low debt; High return on tangibles; Cash-covered dividend
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Owner earnings yield; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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