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Investing.com -- In a note on Tuesday, Bernstein lifted its forecasts for wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending, raising price targets across its semiconductor equipment coverage on growing conviction that the current upcycle "has legs."
Record revenue and margins driven by NAND demand surge and strong customer support services.
Everyone racing to own AI chip stocks may be buying into the wrong part of the supply chain. The real toll booth sits one step behind the GPUs, and one company collects on every wafer that makes next-gen AI hardware possible.
In this segment of the AI Investor Podcast from 24/7 Wall St., Eric Bleeker reviews Lam Research, a semiconductor equipment holding originally recommended to the million dollar AI portfolio he manages as part of a collection of memory-adjacent stocks. The quarter itself was solid: $1.82 in EPS against $1.70 expected, with the standout being guidance of $2.15 for next quarter versus a street estimate of $1.84. The stock jumped about 20% the next morning, though Bleeker attributes most of that to how far it had fallen during July's selloff rather than to the results, which he characterizes as good but not spectacular. His hesitation is valuation. Against a full-year estimate of $9.40, the shares trade a bit above 30 times forward earnings, which he considers the upper end of the historical range. He is not planning to add more with other opportunities across the market after a steep July sell-off. The broader read on semiconductor equipment is more bullish. Taiwan Semiconductor raised capex, Intel sounded optimistic on capex needs, and Bleeker guesses 2028 equipment spending could come in roughly 25% above where Wall Street currently models it. He is particularly interested in advanced packaging and testing, sub-verticals growing faster than the overall space. Lam remains a core long-term holding and, in his view, among the best operators in semi equipment.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.31%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.03%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.33%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA (KLAC) sell machines used to manufacture and inspect processors and memory chips. Cloud providers purchase finished processors and memory for artificial intelligence data centers. Chip manufacturers may need more factory equipment when server ...
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Lam Research forecast quarterly revenue and earnings substantially above expectations as AI investment increased chip-equipment demand.
The Nasdaq-100 is on track to deliver its strongest daily gain in more than a year. The index tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) surged 3.5% in afternoon trading, on pace for its best session since May 2025, when the Trump administration’s 90-day tariff pause with China unleashed a relief rally across global equities. This time, the catalyst was another proof yet that the artificial intelligence spending boom remains alive and well. A blockbuster quarter from Microsoft Corpo
Lam Research tops Q4 FY26 estimates as NAND revenues more than double sequentially and support sales hit a third straight record.
Lam Research's AI-driven expansion boosts semiconductor opportunities as memory, packaging and wafer fab demand accelerate.
Wall Street is set to open higher on Thursday as strong Microsoft results helped technology stocks recover from their sharp post-Federal Reserve sell-off. Dow Jones futures were up 225 points, or 0.4%, while S&P 500 futures pointed to a 0.6% gain and the Nasdaq was called 1.3%...
Lam Research Corp (LRCX) reports record quarterly revenue of $6.72 billion and EPS of $1.82, with strong NAND growth and an optimistic outlook for 2027.
Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) reported record revenue, operating margin and earnings per share for its June 2026 quarter, driven by a sharp increase in NAND-related revenue and continued growth in its Customer Support Business Group. Chief Executive Officer Tim Archer said the company’s June-quarter t
Investing.com -- Lam Research reported record quarterly revenue and earnings on Wednesday, helped by robust demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment as artificial intelligence investment continued to drive advanced chip production.
Lam Research beat analyst estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter and with its guidance for the current period. LRCX stock rose.
Semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 30% year on year to $6.72 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $8.1 billion, coming in 13.6% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.82 per share was 8.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini believes the company’s growth is constrained even as KLA issues an upbeat forecast.
Today Federal Reserve meeting: Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET, following the FOMC interest-rate decision at 2 p.m. Earnings (a.m): Procter & Gamble, Humana, L3Harris, Biogen, General Dynamics, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Airbus Earnings (p.
Semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
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