Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or WS?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $1.81B for Worthington Steel, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or WS?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 0.2% for WS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or WS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, LRCX trades at a lower P/E — 54.9 vs 199.5 for WS. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, LRCX or WS?

Accepted Answer

WS yields 1.93% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or WS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 10 of 12 comparable metrics and WS leads 2. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and WS “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	WS
Price	$318.97	$36.05
Market cap	$399B	$1.81B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$3.44B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-1.5%
Net margin	31.3%	0.2%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$80.0M
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($270M)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+17.6%
P/E	54.9	199.5
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	15%
Dividend yield	0.32%	1.93%
Return on equity	67%	-4%
Altman Z-score	26.53	3.11
CV checks passed	10 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	23,300	5,400

Lam Research Corp vs Worthington Steel, Inc.