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Lam Research Corporation (LRCX), headquartered in Fremont, California, designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Valued at $183.9 billion by market cap, the company’s products are used to deposit special films on a silicon wafer and etch away portions of various films to create a circuit design. The semiconductor giant is expected to announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings for 2026 after the market closes on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect LRCX to report a profit of $1.21 per share on a diluted basis, up 40.7% from $0.86 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has consistently surpassed Wall Street’s EPS estimates in its last four quarterly reports.