As previously reported, Citi analyst Atif Malik upgraded Lam Research (LRCX) to Buy from Neutral, as he believes his concerns about weak NAND memory spending this year are now mostly priced-in and he sees investments planned by Samsung and others leading to higher year-over-year NAND equipment spending growth in 2019. He also assumes strong DRAM equipment spending this year, Malik tells investors. Malik noted that his 2019 wafer fab equipment spending forecast of $61B is above the consensus view of $58B. He still identifies Applied Materials (AMAT) as his number one U.S. semi capital equipment pick, placing KLA-Tencor (KLAC) at number two.

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Sees Q4 revenue $2.5B, +/- $125M, consensus $2.42B.

Reports Q3 revenue $2.36B, consensus $2.31B. "KLA's March quarter results were above our adjusted guidance as customer demand and company execution tracked consistent with our expectations," said Rick Wallace, president and CEO, KLA Corporation. "As we have highlighted over the past few quarters, market conditions have stabilized and we expect our business levels to improve as we progress through the year. We are encouraged by the improvement in our customers' businesses across multiple end markets and this improvement is translating into constructive discussions with our customers about future opportunities for leading edge capacity investments."

BofA analyst Vivek Arya raised the firm's price target on Lam Research to $1,000 from $970 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Lam "delivered a solid beat and raise" with growth expected to accelerate into the second half of the calendar year, says the firm, which adds that it is "beginning to see the green shoots of NAND recovery."

TD Cowen raised the firm's price target on Lam Research to $1,000 from $975 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm said NAND recovery is off to a good start with two consecutive quarters of 25-30% sequential growth and other vectors are also showing growth.

Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini lowered the firm's price target on Lam Research to $850 from $880 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm said they posted a good print and guidance as its report and commentary were inline with Susquehanna's preview.

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