Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or URI?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $65.8B for United Rentals, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or URI?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 15.7% for URI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or URI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, URI trades at a lower P/E — 24.9 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 URI?

Accepted Answer

URI yields 0.73% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or URI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and URI leads 4. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and URI “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	URI
Price	$318.97	$1 056.37
Market cap	$399B	$65.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$16.8B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+11.4%
Net margin	31.3%	15.7%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$2.32B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($13.8B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+7.7%
P/E	54.9	24.9
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	17%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.73%
Return on equity	67%	29%
Altman Z-score	26.53	2.99
CV checks passed	10 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	23,300	28,500

Lam Research Corp vs United Rentals, Inc.