Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX – Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.05, Briefing.com reports. The business had revenue of $4.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.06 billion. Lam Research had a net margin of 25.68% and a return on equity of 48.71%. The company’s revenue was up 19.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $6.85 earnings per share. Lam Research updated its Q2 guidance to $0.77-0.97 EPS and its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.770-0.970 EPS.
Lam Research Stock Up 0.8 %
Shares of NASDAQ:LRCX opened at $77.16 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $10.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.82, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.47. Lam Research has a 12-month low of $57.44 and a 12-month high of $113.00. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $79.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $89.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.97, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52.
Lam Research Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 17th were paid a $0.23 dividend. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 17th. Lam Research’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 3.38%.
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Insider Buying and Selling at Lam Research
In other Lam Research news, CAO Christina Correia sold 647 shares of Lam Research stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $817.51, for a total transaction of $528,928.97. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 4,267 shares in the company, valued at $3,488,315.17. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.32% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
About Lam Research
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.
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