KLIC vs LRCX vs ORCL Stock Comparison

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Lam Research and Oracle Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LRCX Lam Research Corp
$254.39 -21.5% 1M +58.3% 1Y
Market cap
$297.52B
P/E
35.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.13B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
5 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$139.56 +1.2% 1M -49.3% 1Y
Market cap
$385.68B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Oracle leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Oracle 5, Lam Research 5, Kulicke & Soffa Industries 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKLICLRCXORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.86B $297.52B $385.68B ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.3x 35.2x 20.5x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.6x 25.1x 16.3x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +44.4% +33.4% +21.6% KLIC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.2% 32.3% 26.2% LRCX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 49.6% 11.0% LRCX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x 2.6x LRCX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.02% ORCL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +100.7% +58.3% -49.3% KLIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.9%/yr +35.2%/yr +7.8%/yr LRCX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.7% 65.7% 58.0% ORCL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 66/100 51/100 LRCX

Percentile Scorecard

KLICLRCXORCL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKLICLRCXORCL
Valuation 62 #36 of 94 47 #50 of 94 53 #48 of 101
Growth 66 #32 of 92 82 #17 of 92 59 #40 of 97
Profitability 55 #40 of 88 94 #6 of 88 86 #14 of 93
Financial Health 57 #42 of 96 45 #53 of 96 38 #67 of 108
Shareholder Returns 39 #44 of 72 62 #28 of 72 18 #52 of 63
Overall 56 66 51
  • KLIC ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • LRCX ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKLICLRCXORCLSPY
1 month -15.0%-21.5%+1.2% +0.7%
3 months -9.8%-14.6%+9.4% +3.7%
6 months -6.8%-1.3%-13.5% +7.1%
Year to date +74.9%+48.6%-28.4% +12.8%
1 year +100.7%+58.3%-49.3% +11.9%
3 years +86.5%+336.0%+37.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +23.1%+63.4%+11.2% +22.8%
5 years +39.8%+351.4%+45.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year +6.9%+35.2%+7.8% +10.9%
10 years +501.8%+2,544.4%+265.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +19.7%+38.8%+13.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureKLICLRCXORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.7%65.7%58.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.9%65.3%57.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.253.262.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.710.89-0.85 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.5%-56.8%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.5%-41.3%-49.3% -1.2%
52-week high $133.81$433.33$275.30 $779.14
52-week low $35.29$139.59$115.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKLICLRCXORCL
P/E now vs peer median 36.0xmedian 46.4x 37.7xmedian 46.4x 22.0xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 7.8x 12.2xmedian 7.8x 5.9xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.8xmedian 27.5x 31.0xmedian 27.5x 15.0xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 101.4xmedian 40.1x 48.6xmedian 40.1x -14.7xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 4.7x 22.8xmedian 4.7x 6.3xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 4.46median 2.10 1.21median 2.10 0.93median 0.89

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKLICLRCXORCL
Revenue $950.21M $26.13B $71.78B
Gross profit $457.82M $13.34B –
Operating income $125.54M $9.65B $23.06B
Net income $115.74M $8.45B $18.92B
Free cash flow $41.13M $6.54B -$28.72B
R&D $161.53M $2.47B $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $2.17 $6.73 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $368.57M $7.44B $36.37B
Total debt – $16.44B $125.34B
Shares (diluted) 53.43M 1.26B 3.00B
Enterprise value $1.86B $273.57B $257.81B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKLICLRCXORCL
P/E 36.0x 37.7x 22.0x
P/FCF 101.4x 48.6x -14.7x
P/Operating cash flow 75.7x 41.9x 9.0x
P/S 4.4x 12.2x 5.9x
P/B 4.6x 22.8x 6.3x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 22.8x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 25.8x 31.0x 15.0x
EV/EBIT 29.1x 32.5x 22.1x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 12.0x 7.1x
EV/FCF 88.8x 48.0x -17.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 66.3x 41.5x 10.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.46 1.21 0.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKLICLRCXORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 44.4% 33.4% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 18.2% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 61.0% 38.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.0% 23.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 8,922% 49.3% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 29.0% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,845% 45.4% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 28.6% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 1,818% 47.0% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.1% 31.1% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -59.7% 18.7% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.2% 15.3% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -65.7% 17.8% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.0% 13.2% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKLICLRCXORCL
Gross margin 48.2% 51.1% –
EBITDA margin 14.9% 38.7% 47.3%
Operating margin 13.2% 37.0% 32.1%
Pretax margin 15.2% 37.2% 30.3%
Net margin 12.2% 32.3% 26.2%
FCF margin 4.3% 25.0% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 5.8% 29.0% 65.4%
Return on equity 13.1% 64.1% 34.3%
Return on assets 9.2% 33.9% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 49.6% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 13.5% 54.8% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 0.9x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.9% 1.5% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKLICLRCXORCL
Debt / assets – 14.2% 41.3%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x 2.6x
Debt / FCF – 0.6x -4.4x
Liabilities / assets 30.9% 47.2% 77.8%
Equity / assets 69.1% 52.8% 22.2%
Interest coverage 836.9x – 4.5x
Current ratio 3.4x 2.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 2.6x 1.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.6x 1.0x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 9.25 19.99 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKLICLRCXORCL
Dividend yield 1.0% 0.4% 1.4%
Net buyback yield 0.6% 1.2% -4.8%
Shareholder yield 1.6% 1.6% -3.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 37.0% – 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 104.2% – -20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) -1.9% – 17.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.2% – 15.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKLICLRCXORCL
Forward P/E 19.6xFY2026 25.1xFY2027 16.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.07FY2026 $10.12FY2027 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +1,838.1%FY2026 +73.9%FY2027 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.6% +12.6% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.19BFY2026 $32.96BFY2027 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +82.6%FY2026 +41.9%FY2027 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.1% +25.0% +45.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKLICLRCXORCL
Held by institutions 92.8% 85.6% 44.7%
Institutions holding 465 3,133 3,499
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% +6.2% +6.5%
Institutions buying 267 1,697 1,809
Institutions selling 151 1,163 1,310
Buyers to sellers 1.77 1.46 1.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KLICLRCXORCL
KLIC 1.00 0.69 0.19
LRCX 0.69 1.00 0.31
ORCL 0.19 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KLIC, LRCX and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) $3.86B, Lam Research (LRCX) $297.52B, Oracle (ORCL) $385.68B.

Which stock is cheaper, KLIC, LRCX and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) 33.3x, Lam Research (LRCX) 35.2x, Oracle (ORCL) 20.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oracle (ORCL) is cheapest (Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) 19.6x, Lam Research (LRCX) 25.1x, Oracle (ORCL) 16.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) +44.4%, Lam Research (LRCX) +33.4%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lam Research (LRCX) has the highest net margin (Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) 12.2%, Lam Research (LRCX) 32.3%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%). On return on invested capital, Lam Research (LRCX) leads (Lam Research (LRCX) 49.6%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) returned the most: Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) +100.7%, Lam Research (LRCX) +58.3%, Oracle (ORCL) -49.3%. Over five years, Lam Research (LRCX) compounded fastest (Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) +6.9%/yr, Lam Research (LRCX) +35.2%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oracle (ORCL) has the highest dividend yield: Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) 0.01%, Lam Research (LRCX) 0.00%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Lam Research (LRCX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Oracle (ORCL) has been the steadiest (Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC) 58.7%, Lam Research (LRCX) 65.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 58.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KLIC, LRCX and ORCL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oracle (ORCL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.