Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or VMI?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $9.03B for Valmont Industries, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or VMI?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 11.7% for VMI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or VMI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, VMI trades at a lower P/E — 18.2 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 VMI?

Accepted Answer

VMI yields 0.61% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or VMI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 7 of 10 comparable metrics and VMI leads 3. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and VMI “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	VMI
Price	$318.97	$467.81
Market cap	$399B	$9.03B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$4.23B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-1.9%
Net margin	31.3%	11.7%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$322M
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($608M)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+17.1%
P/E	54.9	18.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	97%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.61%
Return on equity	67%	30%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	23,300	10,791

Lam Research Corp vs Valmont Industries, Inc.