Clarius Group LLC Has $1.22 Million Stock Holdings in Lam Research Corporation $LRCX

Clarius Group LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 12,549 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 504 shares during the quarter. Clarius Group LLC’s holdings in Lam Research were worth $1,222,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Lam Research by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 129,152,102 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $9,389,358,000 after purchasing an additional 8,364,375 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in Lam Research by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 17,330,771 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,259,947,000 after purchasing an additional 472,636 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Lam Research by 25.8% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 9,536,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $693,319,000 after purchasing an additional 1,953,221 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Lam Research by 4.9% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 8,900,506 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $647,067,000 after buying an additional 418,077 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Lam Research during the first quarter worth $604,344,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.61% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. B. Riley lifted their target price on Lam Research from $130.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. Erste Group Bank assumed coverage on Lam Research in a report on Thursday, August 14th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Raymond James Financial lifted their target price on Lam Research from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on Lam Research from $120.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their target price on Lam Research from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Twenty-three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $119.20.

Lam Research Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LRCX opened at $145.81 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $183.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.84. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $110.47 and its 200-day moving average is $92.37. Lam Research Corporation has a 1-year low of $56.32 and a 1-year high of $147.91.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The semiconductor company reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $5.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.99 billion. Lam Research had a return on equity of 58.17% and a net margin of 29.07%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 33.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.03 earnings per share. Lam Research has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.100-1.300 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Lam Research Corporation will post 3.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Lam Research Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is an increase from Lam Research’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 24th. Lam Research’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.