Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or PHM?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $21.4B for Pultegroup, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or PHM?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 11.6% for PHM.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or PHM?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, PHM trades at a lower P/E — 11.0 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 PHM?

Accepted Answer

PHM yields 0.90% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or PHM?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 8 of 11 comparable metrics and PHM leads 3. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and PHM “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	PHM
Price	$318.97	$112.21
Market cap	$399B	$21.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$16.4B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+2.2%
Net margin	31.3%	11.6%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$1.51B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($415M)
1-year price return	+126.2%	-7.6%
P/E	54.9	11.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	18%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.90%
Return on equity	67%	15%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	23,300	6,506

Lam Research Corp vs Pultegroup, Inc.