ORCL vs LRCX vs IIIV Stock Comparison

Oracle, Lam Research and i3 Verticals Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.08 -12.8% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$373.36B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
3 wins
LRCX Lam Research Corp
$230.10 -25.1% 1M +56.0% 1Y
Market cap
$296.82B
P/E
35.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.13B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
6 wins
IIIV i3 Verticals, Inc.
$17.37 +15.0% 1M -45.6% 1Y
Market cap
$331.11M
P/E
38.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$218.16M
Div. yield
–
ERP Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lam Research leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lam Research 6, Oracle 3, i3 Verticals 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionORCLLRCXIIIVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $373.36B $296.82B $331.11M ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.8x 35.1x 38.9x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.7x 23.1x 17.4x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.6% +33.4% +4.1% LRCX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.2% 32.3% 3.9% LRCX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% 49.6% 0.8% LRCX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x -0.4x 3.1x LRCX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -55.0% +56.0% -45.6% LRCX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.1%/yr +32.8%/yr -6.0%/yr LRCX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.9% 65.6% 46.0% IIIV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 67/100 70/100 IIIV

Percentile Scorecard

ORCLLRCXIIIV

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

AxisORCLLRCXIIIV
Valuation 56 #45 of 101 53 #45 of 95 86 #15 of 101
Growth 65 #35 of 97 85 #15 of 93 53 #46 of 97
Profitability 87 #13 of 94 94 #6 of 91 59 #39 of 94
Financial Health 40 #66 of 109 46 #56 of 102 54 #51 of 109
Shareholder Returns 21 #51 of 64 59 #32 of 76 100 #1 of 64
Overall 54 67 70
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • LRCX ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • IIIV ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodORCLLRCXIIIVSPY
1 month -12.8%-25.1%+15.0% -1.0%
3 months +9.6%-24.6%-14.0% +2.9%
6 months -27.2%-14.1%-19.5% +6.4%
Year to date -35.3%+34.4%-31.0% +11.4%
1 year -55.0%+56.0%-45.6% +13.1%
3 years +22.2%+281.0%-11.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +6.9%+56.2%-3.9% +21.5%
5 years +28.3%+313.3%-26.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year +5.1%+32.8%-6.0% +10.9%
10 years +232.4%+2,257.6%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.8%+37.2%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureORCLLRCXIIIVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.9%65.6%46.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.7%65.0%54.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.223.250.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.970.85-0.99 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.0%-56.8%-58.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -55.5%-46.9%-47.5% -2.5%
52-week high $283.33$433.33$33.11 $779.14
52-week low $115.01$139.59$13.82 $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.

MultipleORCLLRCXIIIV
P/E now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 29.9x 34.1xmedian 41.5x 39.6xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 2.8x 11.0xmedian 6.9x 2.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 17.4x 28.0xmedian 27.3x 16.1xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -13.3xmedian 16.9x 44.0xmedian 35.6x 9.3xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 3.1x 20.7xmedian 4.2x 1.2xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.84median 0.86 1.09median 2.31 0.85median 0.86

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 monthsORCLLRCXIIIV
Revenue $71.78B $26.13B $218.16M
Gross profit – $13.34B –
Operating income $23.06B $9.65B $5.94M
Net income $18.92B $8.45B $11.89M
Free cash flow -$28.72B $6.54B $49.93M
R&D $10.18B $2.47B –
EPS (diluted) $6.27 $6.73 $0.44
Cash & equivalents $36.37B $7.44B $2.65M
Total debt $497.56B $16.44B $114.28M
Shares (diluted) 3.00B 1.26B 19.54M
Enterprise value $245.49B $272.87B $217.12M

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
MetricORCLLRCXIIIV
P/E 19.9x 34.1x 39.6x
P/FCF -13.3x 44.0x 9.3x
P/Operating cash flow 8.1x 37.9x 8.8x
P/S 5.3x 11.0x 2.1x
P/B 5.7x 20.7x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 5.7x 20.7x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 13.8x 28.0x 16.1x
EV/EBIT 20.4x 29.4x 96.7x
EV/Revenue 6.5x 10.9x 2.6x
EV/FCF -16.3x 43.4x 11.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.0x 37.4x 11.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.84 1.09 0.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricORCLLRCXIIIV
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.6% 33.4% 4.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 18.2% 4.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 38.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 23.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 28.3% 49.3% 3.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 29.0% 32.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 52.1% 45.4% -91.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 28.6% 47.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 46.7% 47.0% -88.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 31.1% 46.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 118.0% 18.7% 662.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.3% 15.3% 15.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -388.4% 17.8% 935.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -71.4% 13.2% 18.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricORCLLRCXIIIV
Gross margin – 51.1% –
EBITDA margin 47.3% 38.7% 16.4%
Operating margin 32.1% 37.0% 2.7%
Pretax margin 30.3% 37.2% 6.9%
Net margin 26.2% 32.3% 3.9%
FCF margin -40.0% 25.0% 22.9%
Operating cash flow margin 65.4% 29.0% 24.0%
Return on equity 34.3% 64.1% 3.1%
Return on assets 6.7% 33.9% 2.1%
Return on invested capital 11.0% 49.6% 0.8%
Return on capital employed 9.8% 54.8% 1.0%
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.5x 0.9x 4.4x
Stock comp / revenue 6.7% 1.5% 8.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricORCLLRCXIIIV
Debt / assets 41.3% 14.2% 18.2%
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.3x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x -0.4x 3.1x
Debt / FCF -4.4x 0.6x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 77.8% 47.2% 36.1%
Equity / assets 22.2% 52.8% 63.9%
Interest coverage 4.5x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 2.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.8x 1.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.48 18.53 1.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricORCLLRCXIIIV
Dividend yield 1.6% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield -5.3% 1.3% 29.5%
Shareholder yield -3.7% 1.8% 29.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 31.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -20.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 17.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 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.

ConsensusORCLLRCXIIIV
Forward P/E 14.7xFY2026 23.1xFY2027 17.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.57FY2026 $9.95FY2027 $1.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.3%FY2026 +71.0%FY2027 -4.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.0% +12.4% +17.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $95.06BFY2026 $32.59BFY2027 $211.26MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +41.1%FY2026 +40.3%FY2027 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +45.6% +24.6% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersORCLLRCXIIIV
Held by institutions 44.7% 85.6% 80.1%
Institutions holding 3,495 3,130 134
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.5% +6.2% -12.0%
Institutions buying 1,807 1,695 57
Institutions selling 1,308 1,162 60
Buyers to sellers 1.38 1.46 0.95

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.

ORCLLRCXIIIV
ORCL 1.00 0.29 0.06
LRCX 0.29 1.00 -0.14
IIIV 0.06 -0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ORCL, LRCX and IIIV?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Oracle (ORCL) $373.36B, Lam Research (LRCX) $296.82B, i3 Verticals (IIIV) $331.11M.

Which stock is cheaper, ORCL, LRCX and IIIV?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Oracle (ORCL) 19.8x, Lam Research (LRCX) 35.1x, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 38.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oracle (ORCL) is cheapest (Oracle (ORCL) 14.7x, Lam Research (LRCX) 23.1x, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 17.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lam Research (LRCX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%, Lam Research (LRCX) +33.4%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) +4.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lam Research (LRCX) has the highest net margin (Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%, Lam Research (LRCX) 32.3%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 3.9%). On return on invested capital, Lam Research (LRCX) leads (Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%, Lam Research (LRCX) 49.6%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lam Research (LRCX) returned the most: Oracle (ORCL) -55.0%, Lam Research (LRCX) +56.0%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) -45.6%. Over five years, Lam Research (LRCX) compounded fastest (Oracle (ORCL) +5.1%/yr, Lam Research (LRCX) +32.8%/yr, i3 Verticals (IIIV) -6.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%, Lam Research (LRCX) 0.00%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 0.00%. Lam Research (LRCX) and i3 Verticals (IIIV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, i3 Verticals (IIIV) has been the steadiest (Oracle (ORCL) 56.9%, Lam Research (LRCX) 65.6%, i3 Verticals (IIIV) 46.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lam Research (LRCX) leads on 6. 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.