Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or RSG?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $66.4B for Republic Services Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or RSG?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 12.9% for RSG.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or RSG?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, RSG trades at a lower P/E — 30.4 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 RSG?

Accepted Answer

RSG yields 1.15% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or RSG?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	LRCX	RSG
Price	$318.97	$216.88
Market cap	$399B	$66.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$16.9B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+7.1%
Net margin	31.3%	12.9%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$2.65B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($13.5B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	-2.2%
P/E	54.9	30.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	71%
Dividend yield	0.32%	1.15%
Return on equity	67%	18%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	23,300	42,000

Lam Research Corp vs Republic Services Inc.