On September 11, Lam Research rose 3.02% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $306.15 per share, with turnover of $6.82 million.
On the news front, the semiconductor equipment sector staged a broad-based rebound following the prior session's sharp pullback, with Applied Materials up 2.42%, KLA Corporation up 3.06%, ASML up 2.81%, Teradyne up 2.2%, and AXT up 4.73%, providing strong sector-wide tailwinds for the stock. Meanwhile, Berenberg raised its price target on Lam Research to $420 from $350, maintaining a Buy rating. According to FactSet, the analyst consensus mean target price stands at $383.96, reflecting firmly bullish institutional sentiment.
Adding to the constructive backdrop, SEMI recently reported that global semiconductor equipment shipments surged 23% year-over-year to $40.53 billion in the second quarter. Lam Research has also announced plans to invest over $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global R&D lab network, boosting experiment capacity by more than 50%, and raised its quarterly dividend to $0.33 from $0.26 per share.
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