Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) closed at $315.21 on 25 September 2026, up 2.6%. That leaves it up 9.4% over a week, up 0.7% over a month and up 145.6% over a year. That is 61% of the way up its 52 week range of $125.02 to $438.50. The median analyst price target of $367 sits 16.4% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
LRCX trades above both its 50 day average of $304.58 and its 200 day average of $270.93, the shape of an uptrend. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 3.23, a stock that moves a lot more than the market. It is 28.1% below its 52 week high and 152.1% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 11 firms recorded 14 actions on LRCX: 14 kept a view. Price targets: 8 raised and 5 lowered. The most recent targets from 19 firms run from $300 to $500, with a median of $367, 16.4% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | UBS | Maintains Buy | $435.00 to $425.00 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Mizuho | Maintains Outperform | $370.00 to $365.00 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Overweight | $404.00 to $367.00 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | B. Riley Securities | Maintains Buy | $385.00 to $350.00 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Wells Fargo | Maintains Overweight | $450.00 to $350.00 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Needham | Reiterates Buy | $390.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 21 October 2026 for Q1 2027, with earnings per share expected at $2.17. The last report, on 29 July 2026 for Q4 2026, showed EPS of $1.82 against $1.68 expected, a beat of 8.3%, on revenue of $6.7 billion. Lam Research Corp. beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Lam Research Corp. shows revenue growth of 26.02%, a gross margin of 50.47%, an operating margin of 35.29% and a return on equity of 65.07%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 26.0% | 81st |
| Net income growth, TTM | 35.6% | 67th |
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 64th |
| Operating margin | 35.3% | 91st |
| Free cash flow margin | 21.1% | 84th |
| Return on equity | 65.1% | 97th |
| Return on assets | 32.4% | 98th |
| Debt to equity | 0.30 | 54th |
| Current ratio | 2.63 | 76th |
| Effective tax rate | 12.1% | 54th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Lam Research Corp.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Machinery
- Headquarters
- Fremont, California
- Chief executive
- Timothy M. Archer
- Employees
- 17,700
- Website
- lamresearch.com
Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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