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LRCX (LAM RESEARCH CORP) P/E: 20 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $2.28 SECTOR: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2.4 DIVIDEND: 1.15% Lam Research Corp is a technology company focused on wafer semiconductor processing equipment. The company is trading near its 52-week high, and has increased in price 48% YTD. It will look to build on exponential EPS growth and high expectations in the next quarter. In the last quarter, revenue increased by approximately 64% on a year-over-year basis, and 14% from the prior quarter. Gross margin decreased slightly on increased R&D and administrative costs. Assets and available cash decreased in Q1 along with liabilities, while investments increased, and the ratio of assets-liabilities also increased. EPS beat wall street expectations in the last quarter, and the company set guidance below wall street expectations for the upcoming quarter reporting in late July 2017. Founded in Californ...

ICHR (ICHOR HOLDINGS, INC) P/E: 24.2 GAAP DILUTED Y-O-Y EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: N/A SECTOR: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2 DIVIDEND: none Ichor is a recent IPO that went public 12/9/2016, founded in 1999, and re-incorporated in 2012. The company is producing semiconductor equipment, process equipment for LED lights, flat panel displays, and alternative energy systems. Their revenue is growing rapidly, and the company is already profitable. In the most recent quarter, it is impossible to track GAAP y-o-y growth as the company did not have shares utilized to calculate EPS. However, the company did double their net sales from $64 to $131 million and maintain a gross profit rate of 16.3%. Obviously, the company doubled its cash pile after their IPO. The company increased R&D by 60%, and long-term debt borrowings were also decreased from the comparable quarter of last year. Tom Rohr, the company's CEO, has 27 years of executive expe...