Lam Research Corporation $LRCX Shares Purchased by Natural Investments LLC

Natural Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) by 14.3% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 3,329 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 416 shares during the period. Natural Investments LLC’s holdings in Lam Research were worth $324,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LRCX. Smallwood Wealth Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the 1st quarter worth $26,000. REAP Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the 2nd quarter worth $31,000. 1 North Wealth Services LLC acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the 1st quarter worth $36,000. Rossby Financial LCC acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the 1st quarter worth $37,000. Finally, Saudi Central Bank acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the 1st quarter worth $37,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.61% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on LRCX. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Lam Research from $105.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on Lam Research from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays set a $83.00 price target on Lam Research and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Citigroup lifted their price target on Lam Research from $113.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Lam Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $100.00 to $150.00 in a report on Monday, September 29th. Twenty-three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Lam Research presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.00.

Lam Research Stock Down 6.8%

Shares of LRCX opened at $131.37 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $165.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.84. Lam Research Corporation has a 12-month low of $56.32 and a 12-month high of $153.70. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $114.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.59. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The semiconductor company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $5.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.99 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 29.07% and a return on equity of 58.17%. Lam Research’s revenue was up 33.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS. Lam Research has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.100-1.300 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Lam Research Corporation will post 3.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Lam Research Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 24th will be issued a $0.26 dividend. This is an increase from Lam Research’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 24th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Lam Research’s payout ratio is presently 25.00%.

Lam Research Company Profile

Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products.