Lam versus ASML
- Growth engine: Lam by intensity, not capacity. ASML by adoption and is capacity limited.
- Lam has higher growth and is closing the margin gap (less R&D intensity).
- They have similar service revenue, even though ASML is 40% larger by revenue.
- Supply resilience: Lam is subject to a general slowdown, while ASML is subject to a single customer deferring a node and a single critical supplier (Carl Zeiss SMT).
- LRCX-vs-ASML-Peer-Duel