Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or NUE?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $56.9B for Nucor Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or NUE?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 8.0% for NUE.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or NUE?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, NUE trades at a lower P/E — 24.4 vs 54.9 for LRCX. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, LRCX or NUE?

Accepted Answer

NUE yields 0.90% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or NUE?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and NUE leads 4. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and NUE “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	NUE
Price	$318.97	$250.83
Market cap	$399B	$56.9B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$36.1B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-7.8%
Net margin	31.3%	8.0%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$1.58B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($4.33B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+81.5%
P/E	54.9	24.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	21%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.90%
Return on equity	67%	11%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	23,300	33,000

Lam Research Corp vs Nucor Corporation