Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or TRI?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $44.7B for Thomson Reuters Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or TRI?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 20.0% for TRI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or TRI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, TRI trades at a lower P/E — 26.4 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 TRI?

Accepted Answer

TRI yields 2.45% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or TRI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 8 of 12 comparable metrics and TRI leads 4. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and TRI “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	TRI
Price	$318.97	$103.21
Market cap	$399B	$44.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$7.48B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+4.1%
Net margin	31.3%	20.0%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$2.23B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($2.51B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	-32.3%
P/E	54.9	26.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	41%
Dividend yield	0.32%	2.45%
Return on equity	67%	14%
Altman Z-score	26.53	5.21
CV checks passed	10 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	23,300	27,100

Lam Research Corp vs Thomson Reuters Corporation