Valued Wealth Advisors LLC Sells 481 Shares of Lam Research Corporation $LRCX

Valued Wealth Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) by 52.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 434 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 481 shares during the quarter. Valued Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Lam Research were worth $42,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of LRCX. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Lam Research by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 129,152,102 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $9,389,358,000 after purchasing an additional 8,364,375 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Lam Research by 2.8% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 17,330,771 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,259,947,000 after purchasing an additional 472,636 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of Lam Research by 34.1% in the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 10,594,574 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,029,210,000 after purchasing an additional 2,692,189 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Lam Research by 25.8% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 9,536,708 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $693,319,000 after buying an additional 1,953,221 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in 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 valued at $647,067,000 after buying an additional 418,077 shares during the last quarter. 84.61% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Vahid Vahedi sold 52,190 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $138.90, for a total transaction of $7,249,191.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 251,047 shares in the company, valued at $34,870,428.30. The trade was a 17.21% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Bethany Mayer sold 1,298 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.99, for a total value of $207,667.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 1,652 shares in the company, valued at $264,303.48. This trade represents a 44.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 62,498 shares of company stock valued at $8,875,663. 0.31% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Lam Research from $125.00 to $137.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Erste Group Bank initiated coverage on shares of Lam Research in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Lam Research from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $170.00 price objective on shares of Lam Research in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on shares of Lam Research from $122.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $148.54.

Lam Research Trading Down 1.8%

LRCX stock opened at $159.35 on Friday. Lam Research Corporation has a twelve month low of $56.32 and a twelve month high of $166.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $200.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $134.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $106.31.

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.04. Lam Research had a net margin of 29.66% and a return on equity of 60.60%. The firm had revenue of $5.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.23 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.86 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 27.7% on a year-over-year basis. Lam Research has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.050-1.250 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Lam Research Corporation will post 3.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Lam Research Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 3rd. Lam Research’s payout ratio is 22.91%.

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.