ASML HOLDING NV vs LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASML and LRCX diverge most: on current ratio, ASML reads 1.26 and LRCX reads 2.54; on revenue growth, ASML reads +15.5% and LRCX reads +26.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LRCX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ASML | LRCX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1631.83 | $293.49 |
| Market cap | $634.6B | $369.0B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 60.8 | 37.5 |
| P/B | 29.77 | 34.86 |
| P/S | 17.87 | 17.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 46.7 | 48.9 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +26.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 49.8% |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 29.4% | 30.9% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 63.4% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 32.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | 47.1% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.35 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 2.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.02 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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