Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or WCN?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $38.5B for Waste Connections, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or WCN?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 10.9% for WCN.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or WCN?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, WCN trades at a lower P/E — 36.9 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 WCN?

Accepted Answer

WCN yields 0.89% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or WCN?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	LRCX	WCN
Price	$318.97	$152.83
Market cap	$399B	$38.5B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$9.76B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+9.5%
Net margin	31.3%	10.9%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$1.23B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($8.77B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	-10.2%
P/E	54.9	36.9
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	100%
Dividend yield	0.32%	0.89%
Return on equity	67%	13%
Altman Z-score	26.53	2.41
CV checks passed	10 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	23,300	24,214

Lam Research Corp vs Waste Connections, Inc.