Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	LRCXLam Research	AMATApplied Materials	KLACKLA Corporation
Snapshot
Price	$307.74	$535.88	$196.37
Market cap	$439.46B	$478.79B	$307.69B
Valuation
P/E	58.2x	50.8x	54.9x
Forward P/E	41.6x	39.2x	42.8x
Growth
Revenue growth	26.5%	3.3%	13.4%
EPS growth	47.6%	29.6%	28.4%
Profitability
Net margin	30.9%	29.3%	35.7%
ROE	65.8%	39.8%	89.1%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	0.45x	0.32x	1.25x
Free cash flow yield	8.7%	1.5%	10.7%
Dividend yield	0.3%	0.4%	3.6%
Verdict
Investment rating	Strong· 85	Favorable· 64	Strong· 72

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	LRCXtoday $308	AMATtoday $536	KLACtoday $196
2027	$340.69 – $499.68+62% CAGR	$520.96 – $764.07+43% CAGR	$189.09 – $277.33+41% CAGR
2028	$502.89 – $737.58+55% CAGR	$675.26 – $990.39+36% CAGR	$242.77 – $356.07+35% CAGR
2029	$742.32 – $1,088.74+52% CAGR	$875.28 – $1,283.74+34% CAGR	$311.70 – $457.15+33% CAGR
2030	$1,095.74 – $1,607.09+51% CAGR	$1,134.53 – $1,663.98+33% CAGR	$400.19 – $586.94+31% CAGR
2031	$1,617.42 – $2,372.22+50% CAGR	$1,470.58 – $2,156.85+32% CAGR	$513.80 – $753.57+31% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	39.4% – 50.5%	22.4% – 32.1%	21.2% – 30.9%