Which is more profitable, Lumentum Holdings or Lam Research?

Lam Research keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Lumentum Holdings or Lam Research?

Lumentum Holdings grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Lumentum Holdings or Lam Research?

Lam Research costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Lumentum Holdings or Lam Research?

Lam Research would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Lumentum Holdings vs Lam Research stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Lumentum Holdings grows faster. Lam Research is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Lumentum Holdings	Lam Research
	$54.1 billion	$282 billion
	-230.1%	31.3%
	+11.6%	+9.7%
	No profit yet	38.8×
	Net cash	Net cash
	-91.7%	42.1%
	–	0.3%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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