$TXN and $LRCX both report tomorrow after the close, and both have had a big year.
Texas Instruments is up about 63% since Dec 31, now $282. Lam Research is up about 55% at $266, but it was up about 150% at its June peak of $433.33 and has given back nearly 40% since.
They're priced about the same: 42.9x trailing earnings for TXN and 46.1x for $LRCX . Lam is the bigger company at $332B vs $257B.
One sells the analog chips inside cars and factories, the other sells the machines that make chips. At these multiples, tomorrow needs to show growth is still coming for both.