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Lam Research

Cyclical AI Beneficiary
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment·US·Fremont, CA·#4 / 8 in segment·18.9% of segment mcap
$292.09
225.6% vs S&P 12m

Business overview

AI capex leverage

Etch and deposition leader with outsized exposure to memory and 3D NAND process steps.

HBM stacking and advanced packaging multiply etch and deposition step counts, lifting Lam content per advanced wafer.

Products
  • Etch
  • Deposition
  • Wafer cleaning
Competitors (2)

Composite score

Higher = stronger overall research case

65
Fundamental74
Technical84
Valuation20
AI relevance78
Risk-adjusted (higher = safer)49
Segment-relative fundamental percentile: 71

Synthetic 1Y price action

Deterministic price series; 50d (yellow) and 200d (orange) MAs shown

3M RS: 14.7%6M RS: 86.7%12M RS: 225.6%Vol30d: 52%DD52w: -2.4%

Financial summary

Curated, illustrative

Revenue
$21.68B
Growth (YoY)
23.8%
Gross margin
50.0%
Operating margin
35.0%
FCF
$4.35B
Capex
$2.60B
Net cash / (debt)
$1.02B
ROIC
22.8%
Customer conc.
Medium

Valuation

Market cap
$365.28B
Enterprise value
$364.26B
P/E (TTM)
55.2x
Forward P/E
36.8x
EV / Sales
16.8x
EV / EBITDA
46.4x
P / FCF
83.9x
PEG
1.7x
Rule of 40

Risks

Severity 1 (low) to 5 (severe)

  • 4
    Memory cycle exposure
  • 3
    China demand

Score components

What drove the composite

Growth77
Profitability90
Cash generation73
Balance sheet80
Moat / AI relevance75
Capital intensity (higher = lighter)55
Customer diversification60
Valuation discipline (dilution)65
Trend (MA50/MA200)95
Momentum (3/6/12m)79
Relative strength100
Realized vol (higher = lower vol)39