Lam Research Corporation (LRCX)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US5128071082
4 May 1984  –  24 December 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
17.75%
Sharpe Ratio
0.57
Maximum Drawdown
-87.9%

Metrics

Metric Lam Research Corporation
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $7,690,625
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 0.24%
Year-To-Date -2.9%
3M -4.22%
6M -29.28%
Annual Return (3Y) 7.78%
Annual Return (5Y) 27.45%
Annual Return (All) 17.75%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 55.8%
Max Drawdown -87.9%
Sharpe Ratio 0.57
Sortino Ratio 0.86
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.61

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on May 1984.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of December 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 41 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Lam Research Corporation -2.5 7.78 27.45 35.31 22.88 17.75

Annual Returns

Year Lam Research Corporation
1984 -17.5%
1985 22.73%
1986 -55.56%
1987 58.33%
1988 12.28%
1989 -32.81%
1990 -9.3%
1991 156.41%
1992 67%
1993 133.58%
1994 14.61%
1995 22.81%
1996 -38.52%
1997 4%
1998 -39.12%
1999 526.43%
2000 -61.01%
2001 60.14%
2002 -53.49%
2003 199.1%
2004 -10.5%
2005 23.42%
2006 41.87%
2007 -14.6%
2008 -50.77%
2009 84.25%
2010 32.06%
2011 -28.5%
2012 -2.41%
2013 50.71%
2014 49.67%
2015 4.91%
2016 39.74%
2017 87.13%
2018 -12.04%
2019 156.52%
2020 70.26%
2021 63.59%
2022 -36.84%
2023 98.29%
2024 -2.9%

Lam Research Corporation had 25 positive years and 16 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 61%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1984 - - - - -13.8% 4.4% -5.6% 16.2% -8.9% -9.7% 1.5% -0% -17.5%
1985 27.3% 1.2% -5.9% -5% 2.6% -2.6% 4% -5.1% -16% 7.9% 4.4% 14.1% 22.7%
1986 -2.5% 20.3% -12.6% 19.3% 4% -33% -18.8% 14.3% -34.4% -2.4% -0% -12.2% -55.6%
1987 44.4% 15.4% 0% 16.7% -4.3% 1.5% 5.9% 26.4% -4.4% -40.2% -28.9% 54.1% 58.3%
1988 -15.8% -0% 10.4% 26.4% -14.9% 15.8% -7.6% -4.9% -13.8% 2% -0% 25.5% 12.3%
1989 -1.6% 1.6% -18.8% 19.2% 24.2% -19.5% 6.5% -3% -18.8% -3.9% -18% 4.9% -32.8%
1990 0% 20.9% 13.5% -11.9% 28.9% -26.9% -20.4% 2.6% -27.5% -6.9% 51.9% -4.9% -9.3%
1991 28.2% -2% 16.3% 15.8% 7.6% -2.8% 17.4% 12.4% -14.3% 37.2% -5.6% -1% 156.4%
1992 19% -7.6% -6.4% -14.6% 4.6% 3.3% 3.2% 10.2% 23.2% 1.5% 23.7% -0% 67%
1993 18.6% 7.6% 13.2% -0.4% 23.3% 7.1% 5.4% 12.9% 8.2% -22.1% 13.2% 8.3% 133.6%
1994 10% 0.7% -13.9% -2.4% -5% -2.6% 0.9% 25.7% 13.4% 11.8% -6.1% -11.8% 14.6%
1995 0.7% 6.7% 11.9% 12.9% 13.4% 11.8% 6.6% -11.7% -0.8% 1.9% -10.1% -16.4% 22.8%
1996 -6.6% -13.7% -5.1% 15.7% -1.9% -34.6% -14.4% 6.2% 12.7% -8.5% 47.2% -21.6% -38.5%
1997 43.5% -5.6% -11.5% -14.1% 25.4% 1.9% 42.7% 6.9% -17.7% -22.3% -15.2% -4.5% 4%
1998 -22% 23.8% -0.4% 10.2% -23.2% -19.7% -6.2% -39% -8.6% 44.4% 23.8% -0.4% -39.1%
1999 115.5% -23% -1.9% 8.6% -11.9% 68.2% 18.6% 1.9% 8.1% 38.4% -8.1% 43.7% 526.4%
2000 11.9% 25% -13.4% 1.8% -30% 16.7% -22% 3% -30.5% -7.5% -22.6% -3.3% -61%
2001 82.3% -18.7% 10.5% 24.6% -6.7% 7.4% -5.6% 1.1% -40.1% 11.9% 15.6% 5.9% 60.1%
2002 0.2% -7% 35.5% -12.5% -11.4% -20.9% -31.6% -5.5% -23.5% 41.5% 29% -33.5% -53.5%
2003 8.3% 14% -14.6% 29% 21.6% 2% 19.7% 17.5% -13.2% 29.3% 11.2% 1.1% 199.1%
2004 -17.7% -3.9% -1.8% -12.1% 13.9% 6.7% -11% -9.7% 1.5% 19% -0.1% 11.2% -10.5%
2005 -7.4% 17.5% -8.2% -11.1% 19.5% -5.5% -1.7% 11.4% -3.9% 10.7% 11.3% -5% 23.4%
2006 30.1% -7.2% -0.2% 13.7% -8.4% 4.3% -11% 2.7% 6.1% 9.1% 6.4% -3.8% 41.9%
2007 -9.5% -2.5% 6% 13.6% -0.1% -4.3% 12.5% -7.3% -0.7% -5.8% -8.7% -5.7% -14.6%
2008 -11.2% 4.8% -5% 6.9% -0.3% -11.2% -9% 11.8% -14.3% -29% -9.7% 5.4% -50.8%
2009 -5% -3.2% 16.4% 22.4% -6.1% -0.7% 15.6% 2.1% 11.3% -1.3% 0.8% 15.4% 84.3%
2010 -15.8% 2.7% 10.1% 8.6% -6.6% 0.5% 10.9% -14.4% 15.9% 9.4% -0.9% 14.1% 32.1%
2011 -3.7% 10% 3.2% -14.7% -2.7% -5.8% -7.7% -9.1% 2.2% 13.2% -5.2% -9.2% -28.5%
2012 15% -2.1% 7% -6.6% -10.5% 1.2% -8.8% -0.8% -6.9% 11.4% -0.8% 2.9% -2.4%
2013 13.9% 2.8% -2% 11.5% 1.2% -5.2% 11% -5.2% 9.7% 6% -4% 4.5% 50.7%
2014 -7.1% 2.2% 6.3% 4.8% 7.7% 9.2% 3.6% 2.7% 4.1% 4.2% 6.1% -1.9% 49.7%
2015 -3.7% 7.9% -14.6% 7.6% 8.8% 2.6% -5.5% -5.3% -9.9% 17.2% 2.1% 2% 4.9%
2016 -9.6% 2.1% 13.1% -7.5% 8.4% 5.3% 6.8% 4% 1.8% 2.3% 9.5% 0.2% 39.7%
2017 8.6% 3.2% 12.6% 12.9% 7.1% -8.6% 12.8% 4.1% 11.8% 12.7% -7.8% -1.6% 87.1%
2018 4.1% 0.2% 8.6% -8.9% 7.1% -12.3% 10.3% -9.2% -5.9% -6.6% 10.8% -6.9% -12%
2019 24.5% 3.8% 8.3% 15.9% -15.8% 14.1% 11.1% 0.9% 15.6% 17.3% -1.6% 10.1% 156.5%
2020 2% -1.6% -17.7% 6.4% 7.2% 23.1% 16.6% -10.8% -1% 3.1% 32.3% 4.6% 70.3%
2021 2.5% 17.2% 7.6% 4.2% 4.7% 2.2% -2% -5.1% -3.5% -1% 20.6% 6% 63.6%
2022 -18% -4.8% -1.1% -13.4% 11.7% -17.8% 17.5% -12.5% -16.1% 10.6% 16.7% -7.6% -36.8%
2023 19% -2.8% 9.5% -1.1% 17.7% 7.2% 11.8% -2.2% -10.5% -6.2% 21.7% 12.5% 98.3%
2024 5.4% 13.7% 5.8% -7.9% 4.3% 14.4% -13.5% -10.9% -0.3% -8.9% -0.6% 0.2% -2.9%
Pos 59% 61.5% 51.3% 60% 56.1% 56.1% 56.1% 53.7% 36.6% 61% 53.8% 53.8% 61%
Avg 9.7% 3.1% 1.8% 4.6% 2.5% -0.1% 1.7% 0.6% -4.9% 4.7% 5.3% 2.4% 39.4%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Lam Research Corporation
Cumulative Return 76806.25%
Enh Ann Return 29.45%
Best Year 526.43%
Worst Year -61.01%
Best Month 115.48%
Worst Month -40.23%
Best Day 38.24%
Worst Day -23.81%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 60.98%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 60.74%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 54.51%
Win Ratio (Daily) 51.22%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Lam Research Corporation 43.47 45.44 49.09 41.79 40.89 55.8

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Lam Research Corporation 0.16 0.39 0.74 0.93 0.71 0.57

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Lam Research Corporation

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2000-04-10 2002-10-09 2006-11-20 2415 -87.9%
1995-07-13 1998-10-07 1999-10-13 1553 -87.72%
1986-05-14 1990-08-23 1992-01-08 2065 -77.98%
2007-07-18 2008-11-19 2014-05-23 2501 -74.99%
2022-01-18 2022-10-14 2023-07-17 545 -55.1%

The Lam Research Corporation took approximately 61 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 83 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Lam Research Corporation
Sharpe Ratio 0.57
Sortino Ratio 0.86
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.61
Calmar Ratio 0.2
Omega Ratio 1.11
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.11
Ulcer Index 0.38
Kelly Criterion 5.09%
Skew 0.48
Kurtosis 6.27
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