Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC Has $1.54 Million Stake in Lam Research Corporation $LRCX

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC reduced its position in shares of Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) by 91.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,544 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 38,231 shares during the quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in Lam Research were worth $1,536,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fideuram Asset Management Ireland dac bought a new stake in shares of Lam Research during the 4th quarter worth about $10,035,000. Generali Investments Management Co LLC raised its holdings in Lam Research by 62.0% in the 4th quarter. Generali Investments Management Co LLC now owns 36,274 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,209,000 after acquiring an additional 13,878 shares during the period. Rokos Capital Management LLP lifted its position in Lam Research by 42.0% during the first quarter. Rokos Capital Management LLP now owns 259,921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $55,532,000 after acquiring an additional 76,840 shares during the last quarter. Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the first quarter worth approximately $59,973,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in Lam Research during the first quarter worth approximately $26,489,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.61% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Lam Research news, Director Eric Brandt sold 54,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.80, for a total value of $19,118,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 199,205 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $69,881,114. This trade represents a 21.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Abhijit Y. Talwalkar sold 18,282 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $335.00, for a total transaction of $6,124,470.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 87,142 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $29,192,570. The trade was a 17.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 80,441 shares of company stock worth $27,614,296 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Lam Research

Here are the key news stories impacting Lam Research this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Lam Research plans to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global research and development laboratory network. The expansion is expected to increase experiment capacity by more than 50%, potentially accelerating new equipment development for advanced chip architectures, materials and AI-related applications. Chip equipment maker Lam Research to invest more than $3 billion to expand R&D labs
• Positive Sentiment: Semiconductor equipment stocks, including LRCX, benefited from SanDisk’s bullish multiyear financial targets. The outlook raised expectations for stronger memory-industry capital spending through 2030, which could support demand for Lam’s deposition and etch equipment. Lam Research, Applied Materials, and Camtek Rise After SanDisk Issues Bullish Financial Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continued to maintain Buy ratings, while Erste Group Bank expects increased earnings for Lam Research. The company’s most recent quarterly results also exceeded expectations, with revenue up 30% year over year and earnings above consensus, reinforcing the favorable earnings outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: Lam Research also announced a workforce-development partnership with NY Creates that could train approximately 3,500 semiconductor students over five years. Although not an immediate revenue driver, the initiative may help address industry talent shortages and support future growth. Lam Research and NY Creates Team Up to Enable Training of University Students for the Semiconductor Workforce
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors continue directing substantial funds into semiconductor ETFs, supporting sector momentum and demand for chip-equipment shares. However, the strong flows also indicate a crowded, momentum-driven trade.
• Negative Sentiment: Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer warned that the semiconductor cycle could be nearing a peak. That caution presents a risk to Lam’s valuation and future equipment demand if AI-related and memory capital spending slows.

Lam Research Price Performance

Lam Research stock opened at $337.01 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $338.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $282.80. Lam Research Corporation has a one year low of $94.11 and a one year high of $438.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 1.91. The firm has a market cap of $421.71 billion, a PE ratio of 58.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.84.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The semiconductor company reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $6.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.66 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 67.60% and a net margin of 31.27%.The company’s revenue was up 30.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.33 EPS. Lam Research has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 2.000-2.300 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Lam Research Corporation will post 9.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Lam Research Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. Lam Research’s dividend payout ratio is presently 18.06%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on LRCX. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Lam Research from $325.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target (down from $450.00) on shares of Lam Research in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and issued a $475.00 price target (up from $385.00) on shares of Lam Research in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $335.00 price objective (up from $275.00) on shares of Lam Research in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $500.00 target price on Lam Research and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $358.47.

Lam Research Company Profile

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) is a global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Founded in 1980 by David K. Lam and headquartered in Fremont, California, the company develops and manufactures systems used in multiple stages of semiconductor device production, including thin film deposition, plasma etch, wafer cleaning and related process modules and automation.

Lam’s product portfolio covers core process technologies employed by logic and memory manufacturers, with equipment designed to support advanced-node patterning, 3D NAND and other emerging device architectures.