unit sales

negotiated

50.5% Gross Margin (Strong (40-60%))

product sales

Direct sales force and partnerships

enterprise

institutional

manufacturer

services

High

108.9% OpEx / Revenue (High Cost Structure)

international

Medium

Low

No

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

No

High

35.1% Return on Assets (Outstanding)

Cyclical

Low

0.30x Total Debt / Equity (Conservative)

Low intensity; China's 2023-2025 export-licensing regime on gallium, germanium, antimony, and rare-earth magnet materials — merely suspended for US-bound shipments until the November 2026 cliff, with licensing still in force — combined with advanced-node wafer fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, makes single-jurisdiction supply cutoff rather than commodity price the sector's binding 2026 chokepoint.

15.2% OpEx as % Revenue (Moderately Scalable)

N-A

High

["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations"]

0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)

Low intensity; commodities: silicon (polysilicon/wafers), copper, gold, aluminum, rare earth elements (NdPr magnets), gallium/germanium, tin (solder); geopolitical: China's 2023-2025 export-licensing regime on gallium, germanium, antimony, and rare-earth magnet materials — merely suspended for US-bound shipments until the November 2026 cliff, with licensing still in force — combined with advanced-node wafer fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, makes single-jurisdiction supply cutoff rather than commodity price the sector's binding 2026 chokepoint.

Medium burden; regimes: FTC, DOJ, GDPR, FCC, CFIUS, SEC; Antitrust breakup risk and cross-border data sovereignty rules are escalating.

0000707549

LRCX

Low

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23,300; ~62% outside U.S. (56% Asia, 6% Europe)

Low

Applied Materials Inc., ASM International, Wonik IPS, Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo Electron Ltd., Screen Holding Co. Ltd., Semes Co. Ltd.

Oligopoly

Foundry = 54% of leading/non-leading-edge equipment and upgrade revenue in FY2026

Dividend+Buyback; FY2026: $3.85B buybacks, $1.27B dividends

High; export controls, tariffs, and sanctions mechanism; specific impact: steel and aluminum tariffs increased manufacturing costs in FY2026

Not disclosed as pronounced or mild; no specific intra-year seasonality pattern identified

Affirmed

None-direct; systems sold directly to semiconductor manufacturers

No

Low; majority of purchase orders are generally cancellable at convenience

No

ISO 27001

Audit committee; Board

Moderate; Japanese yen revenue and euro, Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, Indian rupee expenses

FX forwards and options on anticipated revenues (Japanese yen) and expenses (euro, Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, Indian rupee); balance sheet derivative instru

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2

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unit sales

negotiated

50.5% Gross Margin (Strong (40-60%))

product sales

Direct sales force and partnerships

enterprise

institutional

manufacturer

services

High

108.9% OpEx / Revenue (High Cost Structure)

international

Medium

Low

No

Moderate

Moderate

Strong

No

High

35.1% Return on Assets (Outstanding)

Cyclical

Low

0.30x Total Debt / Equity (Conservative)

Low intensity; China's 2023-2025 export-licensing regime on gallium, germanium, antimony, and rare-earth magnet materials — merely suspended for US-bound shipments until the November 2026 cliff, with licensing still in force — combined with advanced-node wafer fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, makes single-jurisdiction supply cutoff rather than commodity price the sector's binding 2026 chokepoint.

15.2% OpEx as % Revenue (Moderately Scalable)

N-A

High

["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations"]

0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)

Low intensity; commodities: silicon (polysilicon/wafers), copper, gold, aluminum, rare earth elements (NdPr magnets), gallium/germanium, tin (solder); geopolitical: China's 2023-2025 export-licensing regime on gallium, germanium, antimony, and rare-earth magnet materials — merely suspended for US-bound shipments until the November 2026 cliff, with licensing still in force — combined with advanced-node wafer fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, makes single-jurisdiction supply cutoff rather than commodity price the sector's binding 2026 chokepoint.

Medium burden; regimes: FTC, DOJ, GDPR, FCC, CFIUS, SEC; Antitrust breakup risk and cross-border data sovereignty rules are escalating.

0000707549

LRCX

Low

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0

55

-323428

2026-09-09

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23,300; ~62% outside U.S. (56% Asia, 6% Europe)

Low

Applied Materials Inc., ASM International, Wonik IPS, Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo Electron Ltd., Screen Holding Co. Ltd., Semes Co. Ltd.

Oligopoly

Foundry = 54% of leading/non-leading-edge equipment and upgrade revenue in FY2026

Dividend+Buyback; FY2026: $3.85B buybacks, $1.27B dividends

High; export controls, tariffs, and sanctions mechanism; specific impact: steel and aluminum tariffs increased manufacturing costs in FY2026

Not disclosed as pronounced or mild; no specific intra-year seasonality pattern identified

Affirmed

None-direct; systems sold directly to semiconductor manufacturers

No

Low; majority of purchase orders are generally cancellable at convenience

No

ISO 27001

Audit committee; Board

Moderate; Japanese yen revenue and euro, Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, Indian rupee expenses

FX forwards and options on anticipated revenues (Japanese yen) and expenses (euro, Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, Indian rupee); balance sheet derivative instru

0

2

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