OriginClear (OTCMKTS:OCLN – Get Free Report) and Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX – Get Free Report) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for OriginClear and Lam Research, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
OriginClear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lam Research | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2.65 |
Lam Research has a consensus target price of $97.24, suggesting a potential upside of 32.48%. Given Lam Research’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lam Research is more favorable than OriginClear.
Valuation and Earnings
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
OriginClear | $30,000.00 | 145.65 | -$11.63 million | N/A | N/A |
Lam Research | $15.59 billion | 6.06 | $3.83 billion | $3.09 | 23.75 |
Lam Research has higher revenue and earnings than OriginClear.
Profitability
This table compares OriginClear and Lam Research’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
OriginClear | -998.01% | N/A | -11.62% |
Lam Research | 26.02% | 50.60% | 22.33% |
Risk and Volatility
OriginClear has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lam Research has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
84.6% of Lam Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of OriginClear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lam Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lam Research beats OriginClear on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OriginClear
OriginClear, Inc. provides water treatment solutions worldwide. The company designs and manufactures a line of water treatment systems for municipal, industrial, and pure water applications. It also offers a range of services, including maintenance contracts, retrofits, and replacement assistance; and rents equipment through contracts of varying duration, as well as provides prefabricated water transport and treatment systems. The company was formerly known as OriginOil, Inc. and changed its name to OriginClear, Inc. in April 2015. OriginClear, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
About Lam Research
Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products. It also provides SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition products; and Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions. In addition, the company offers Flex for dielectric etch applications; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. Further, it provides Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications; and Metryx mass metrology systems for high precision in-line mass measurement in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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