Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or UPS?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $80.6B for United Parcel Service, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or UPS?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 5.1% for UPS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or UPS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, UPS trades at a lower P/E — 17.6 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 UPS?

Accepted Answer

UPS yields 6.72% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or UPS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and UPS leads 5. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and UPS “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	UPS
Price	$318.97	$94.74
Market cap	$399B	$80.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$89.9B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-4.0%
Net margin	31.3%	5.1%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$5.46B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($18.2B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+11.1%
P/E	54.9	17.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	32%
Dividend yield	0.32%	6.72%
Return on equity	67%	29%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	23,300	460,000

Lam Research Corp vs United Parcel Service, Inc.