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Lam Research (BSP:L1RC34) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.44 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Lam Research 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Lam Research's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.44.


The historical rank and industry rank for Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:L1RC34' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.57   Med: 2.72   Max: 6.51
Current: 1.44


During the past 13 years, Lam Research's highest Yield on Cost was 6.51. The lowest was 0.57. And the median was 2.72.


BSP:L1RC34's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
51.58% of 537 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs BSP:L1RC34: 1.44

Competitive Comparison of Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lam Research's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Lam Research 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Lam Research is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Lam Research  (BSP:L1RC34) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Lam Research (BSP:L1RC34) Business Description

Address
4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont, CA, USA, 94538
Lam Research is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segments of deposition and etch, which entail the buildup of layers on a semiconductor and the subsequent selective removal of patterns from each layer. Lam holds the top market share in etch and holds the clear cut second share in deposition. It is more exposed to memory chipmakers for DRAM and NAND chips. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and Micron.

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