Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or NVT?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $27.1B for nVent Electric plc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or NVT?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 12.4% for NVT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or NVT?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, NVT trades at a lower P/E — 45.3 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 NVT?

Accepted Answer

NVT yields 0.49% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or NVT?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 7 of 10 comparable metrics and NVT leads 3. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and NVT “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	NVT
Price	$318.97	$167.43
Market cap	$399B	$27.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$4.83B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+10.2%
Net margin	31.3%	12.4%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$578M
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($1.31B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+71.3%
P/E	54.9	45.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	5%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.49%
Return on equity	67%	16%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	23,300	12,000

Lam Research Corp vs nVent Electric plc