Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or PWR?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $106B for Quanta Services, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or PWR?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 4.0% for PWR.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or PWR?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, LRCX trades at a lower P/E — 54.9 vs 80.0 for PWR. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, LRCX or PWR?

Accepted Answer

LRCX yields 0.32% vs 0.06% for PWR.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or PWR?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 9 of 11 comparable metrics and PWR leads 2. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and PWR “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	PWR
Price	$318.97	$705.94
Market cap	$399B	$106B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$32.9B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+18.6%
Net margin	31.3%	4.0%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$2.39B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($5.56B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+64.2%
P/E	54.9	80.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	7%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.06%
Return on equity	67%	15%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	23,300	69,500

Lam Research Corp vs Quanta Services, Inc.