Lam Research Corporation (LRCX) – Memory slowdown, China ships to grow

Lam Research Corporation (LRCX) (Q3FY23)

Introduction

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. It also provides SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition products; and Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions.

The company offers Flex for dielectric etch applications; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. Further, it provides Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications; and Metryx mass metrology systems for high precision in-line mass measurement in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally.

Highlights

Customers across all segments have exercised caution, particularly within the memory segments due to which inventory levels in both NAND and DRAM remain very high As a result, the company’s memory bit shipments will be tracking below end demand for the next few quarters. The company expects memory spending for the year to decline approximately 50% from 2022 led by NAND.

Stock Performance

Lam Research Corporation’s stock has been on an uptrend in the past 3 months, rising over 21%. But returns on a monthly basis was 4% lower than the index returns of over 5% which reflects the decrease in investor sentiment for the near term as revenue drops.

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Highlights

Valuation

– Enterprise Value
– CrispIdea Forecast
– CrispIdea Segment Forecast
– Economic Value Added Analysis
– Discounted Cash Flow Analysis.
– P/E Analysis
– Peer Valuation
– CrispIdea Forecast Relative to Consensus
– Consensus History and Surprise
– Consensus Momentum

Actual & Historical Performance

– Income Statement
– Balance Sheet
– Cash Flow
– 10 Year Historical Performance
– Ratio Analysis
– Du Pont Analysis
– ROIC & ROCE Analysis
– Segment Performance
– Key Metrics
– M&A Deals

Peer Performance

– Summary
– Profitability
– Growth
– Price Performance

Ownership

Stock Price Performance

Crispidea Coverage

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