Lam Research Corporation

LSE:0JT5 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$95.0b

Lam Research Valuation

Is 0JT5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 0JT5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0JT5 ($73.71) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($78.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0JT5 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0JT5?

Key metric: As 0JT5 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0JT5. This is calculated by dividing 0JT5's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0JT5's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.4x
EarningsUS$4.06b
Market CapUS$95.00b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0JT5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0JT5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.8x
KLAC KLA
29.3x13.6%US$87.0b
8035 Tokyo Electron
23.3x10.3%JP¥10.9t
AMAT Applied Materials
19.1x7.6%US$137.0b
6857 Advantest
63.6x17.1%JP¥6.6t
0JT5 Lam Research
23.4x12.2%US$95.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0JT5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.4x) compared to the peer average (33.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0JT5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Semiconductor Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0JT5 23.4xIndustry Avg. 17.2xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0JT5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.4x) compared to the European Semiconductor industry average (17.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0JT5'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.

0JT5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.4x
Fair PE Ratio32.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0JT5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x).

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 0JT5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$73.71
US$92.82
+25.9%
11.7%US$114.00US$75.00n/a31
Dec ’25US$73.88
US$93.51
+26.6%
11.8%US$114.00US$75.00n/a30
Nov ’25US$75.00
US$93.92
+25.2%
11.4%US$114.00US$75.00n/a30
Oct ’25US$79.36
US$101.06
+27.4%
13.7%US$132.50US$77.40n/a30
Sep ’25US$80.84
US$104.58
+29.4%
12.5%US$132.50US$83.00n/a29
Aug ’25US$82.46
US$105.23
+27.6%
11.7%US$132.50US$83.00n/a28
Jul ’25US$105.82
US$101.10
-4.5%
12.0%US$132.50US$68.00n/a29
Jun ’25US$91.00
US$98.51
+8.3%
10.4%US$120.00US$68.00n/a29
May ’25US$87.38
US$97.76
+11.9%
10.4%US$120.00US$68.00n/a29
Apr ’25US$96.97
US$91.27
-5.9%
10.1%US$113.00US$66.00n/a29
Mar ’25US$98.01
US$88.72
-9.5%
9.4%US$98.00US$66.00n/a29
Feb ’25US$83.28
US$87.17
+4.7%
10.7%US$98.00US$66.00n/a29
Jan ’25US$78.39
US$72.46
-7.6%
11.4%US$88.50US$55.00n/a29
Dec ’24US$71.93
US$70.28
-2.3%
9.4%US$82.50US$55.00US$73.8828
Nov ’24US$60.05
US$69.53
+15.8%
9.0%US$82.50US$55.00US$75.0027
Oct ’24US$62.75
US$69.66
+11.0%
9.9%US$82.50US$54.50US$79.3625
Sep ’24US$70.42
US$69.05
-1.9%
9.4%US$80.00US$54.50US$80.8424
Aug ’24US$71.82
US$68.95
-4.0%
9.4%US$80.00US$54.50US$82.4624
Jul ’24US$64.30
US$57.93
-9.9%
11.1%US$72.50US$50.00US$105.8223
Jun ’24US$61.95
US$55.50
-10.4%
10.5%US$72.50US$47.50US$91.0022
May ’24US$51.59
US$54.19
+5.0%
6.9%US$62.00US$47.50US$87.3822
Apr ’24US$52.96
US$52.73
-0.4%
8.2%US$62.00US$45.00US$96.9722
Mar ’24US$49.15
US$51.40
+4.6%
11.7%US$62.00US$30.90US$98.0122
Feb ’24US$50.76
US$51.45
+1.4%
11.4%US$62.00US$30.90US$83.2823
Jan ’24US$41.61
US$45.18
+8.6%
19.7%US$62.00US$30.00US$78.3923
Dec ’23US$45.98
US$44.33
-3.6%
19.6%US$62.00US$30.00US$71.9323

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 12:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/29
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Lam Research Corporation is covered by 68 analysts. 30 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James KelleherArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Thomas O'MalleyBarclays