Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or STLD?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $34.2B for Steel Dynamics Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or STLD?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 7.8% for STLD.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or STLD?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, STLD trades at a lower P/E — 21.3 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 STLD?

Accepted Answer

STLD yields 0.87% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or STLD?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	LRCX	STLD
Price	$318.97	$238.38
Market cap	$399B	$34.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$20.5B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-6.5%
Net margin	31.3%	7.8%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$956M
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($3.41B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+61.3%
P/E	54.9	21.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	13%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.87%
Return on equity	67%	18%
Altman Z-score	26.53	5.27
CV checks passed	10 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	23,300	14,400

Lam Research Corp vs Steel Dynamics Inc