Lam Research Corporation

XTRA:LAR Stock Report

Market Cap: €115.5b

Lam Research Valuation

Is LAR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LAR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LAR (€901.3) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€684.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LAR is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LAR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LAR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue8.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA28.2x
PEG Ratio2.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LAR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LAR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.9x
WAF Siltronic
15.8x0.2%€2.3b
AIXA AIXTRON
17.4x11.0%€2.6b
S92 SMA Solar Technology
8.7x-3.1%€1.8b
SMHN SÜSS MicroTec
45.6x17.7%€1.1b
LAR Lam Research
34.7x16.9%€125.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.7x) compared to the peer average (21.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LAR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Semiconductor Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.7x) compared to the European Semiconductor industry average (16.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LAR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LAR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.7x
Fair PE Ratio24.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LAR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LAR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€901.30
€914.40
+1.5%
10.4%€1,113.84€631.18n/a29
May ’25€852.80
€914.36
+7.2%
10.4%€1,122.36€636.00n/a29
Apr ’25€899.00
€835.44
-7.1%
10.1%€1,034.29€604.10n/a29
Mar ’25€891.40
€818.74
-8.2%
9.4%€904.34€609.05n/a29
Feb ’25€761.50
€804.82
+5.7%
10.7%€904.83€609.38n/a29
Jan ’25€714.30
€662.57
-7.2%
11.4%€809.24€502.92n/a29
Dec ’24€662.40
€645.73
-2.5%
9.4%€758.01€505.34n/a28
Nov ’24€562.50
€658.61
+17.1%
9.0%€781.44€520.96n/a27
Oct ’24€597.00
€659.51
+10.5%
9.9%€781.11€516.01n/a25
Sep ’24€649.80
€638.34
-1.8%
9.4%€739.52€503.80n/a24
Aug ’24€653.60
€627.79
-3.9%
9.4%€728.40€496.22n/a24
Jul ’24€588.40
€530.80
-9.8%
11.1%€664.25€458.10n/a23
Jun ’24€573.30
€519.36
-9.4%
10.5%€678.38€444.46n/a22
May ’24€467.85
€494.34
+5.7%
6.9%€565.63€433.34€852.8022
Apr ’24€486.90
€491.00
+0.8%
8.2%€577.34€419.04€899.0022
Mar ’24€460.00
€484.85
+5.4%
11.7%€584.78€291.45€891.4022
Feb ’24€470.05
€468.31
-0.4%
11.4%€564.39€281.28€761.5023
Jan ’24€388.85
€425.15
+9.3%
19.7%€583.48€282.33€714.3023
Dec ’23€440.55
€425.46
-3.4%
19.6%€595.08€287.94€662.4023
Nov ’23€417.25
€432.18
+3.6%
18.8%€622.17€301.05€562.5023
Oct ’23€380.80
€576.55
+51.4%
13.6%€739.58€416.02€597.0023
Sep ’23€423.90
€572.36
+35.0%
14.9%€798.56€449.19€649.8024
Aug ’23€488.15
€561.28
+15.0%
15.2%€783.20€440.55€653.6023
Jul ’23€381.85
€604.26
+58.2%
15.4%€804.38€488.38€588.4024
Jun ’23€477.90
€602.08
+26.0%
13.7%€783.38€484.95€573.3024
May ’23€457.20
€605.83
+32.5%
13.7%€783.97€485.32€467.8523

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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