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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 42% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (674/wk), no spike
$LSCC·$19B·Semiconductors·Technology
$125.32+0.7%YTD+64.9%1Y+154.3%
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LSLSCC
$LSCCLattice Semiconductor Corporation
$125.32+0.66%674 posts+9%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $LSCC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

FPGA maker running the AI-infrastructure play — margin recovery has to catch up to the multiple.

Lattice Semiconductor makes low-power FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) used in servers, industrial control, automotive, and AI-inference edge devices. The community treats it as an under-the-radar AI-infrastructure play — real, but the multiple already fully prices it.

What's happening in the numbers:

  • Growth has re-accelerated meaningfully: Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to $171M, and the four-quarter stack has moved from -0.1% to +24% to +42% — genuine inflection from the 2025 trough.
  • Margins are only starting to recover: operating margin 16% in Q1 (positive again after two negative quarters) but trailing PE is 933x — the FY27 consensus EPS of $1.05 puts forward P/E at 118x, priced for major margin expansion.
  • The $950M delayed-draw term loan (June 30) is meaningful firepower for either M&A or capacity expansion.
  • Insider action is F-InKind tax withholdings across CEO and multiple officers on July 14-16 — no cluster of open-market selling, but the July 14 Fool piece flagged CEO Ford Tamer's earlier sale as a question mark.
  • Position confirms the run: 71% of 52-week range, YTD +65%, t12m +154%.

The forward view: the August 3 Q2 print is the referee. A revenue beat with operating margin expansion beyond 18% is what justifies the multiple. A miss or margin softness combined with the extended-cycle insider activity would break the cooling into a real reset. What extends the run: a specific AI-inference-edge design win at a hyperscaler or major OEM.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on FPGA importance for AI infrastructure and the breakout-watch technical framing is directionally right. Our take agrees, with the caveat that the 118x forward P/E means margin expansion has to actually land.

What to watch: August 3 Q2 earnings, especially operating margin trajectory; another CEO/insider sale after the print would confirm the cooling is signal.

On the calendar: 2026-08-03 — Q2 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-24

Lattice Semiconductor is gaining attention as an under-the-radar play on AI infrastructure, with posters citing FPGA importance for GenAI compute trays and growing analog/power semis per rack. Technical setups flag relative strength, big Thursday volume, and a breakout watch over $155 toward $180+, with call-buying activity reinforcing the upbeat tone.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs low-power FPGAs for edge AI, communications, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LSCC.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $LSCC

Neutral — Designs low-power FPGAs for edge AI, communications, industrial automation, and consumer electronics; the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle does not materially affect this business's near-term earnings.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+54.2%YTD
+96.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
933.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
2.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
5.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
32.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
2.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
66.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$0.41$0.37+10.7%
Q4 2025Feb 10, 2026$0.32$0.320.0%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$0.28$0.280.0%
Q2 2025Aug 4, 2025$0.24$0.240.0%
Next earningsMon, Aug 3·consensus EPS $0.44

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$170.9M+42.2%68.8%15.6%$0.16$34.8M
Q4 FY25$145.8M+24.2%62.4%1.5%$-0.06$56.2M
Q3 FY25$133.3M+4.9%67.9%-1.2%$0.02$29.6M
Q2 FY25$124.0M-0.1%68.4%3.8%$0.02$31.3M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 9 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$520.7M$520.2M – $521.8M$1.05$0.98 – $1.069
FY27$760.2M$677.0M – $791.0M$1.81$1.74 – $1.849
FY28$937.4M$908.0M – $963.2M$2.36$2.31 – $2.449
FY29$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$3.24$2.31 – $4.515

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.71%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-10.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+26.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 135.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.9% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.785-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 12Pravin DesaleSVP, R&D2.0K sh$291KSellJun 4Feanny Tracy AnnSVP, General Counsel2.7K sh$416KSellJun 3James P LedererDirector6.1K sh$939KSellMay 20Pravin DesaleSVP, R&D14.2K sh$1.9MSellMay 6Elizabeth M SchwartingDirector3.2K sh$398KSellMar 11Tonya StevensCVP, Chief Accounting Officer1.1K sh$105KSellMar 10Pravin DesaleSVP, R&D2.4K sh$219KSellMar 10Erhaan ShaikhSVP, Sales1.6K sh$147KSellMar 9Lorenzo FloresCFO2.2K sh$196KSellMar 9Feanny Tracy AnnSVP, General Counsel1.4K sh$125K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementJun 308-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Lattice Semiconductor entered a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo as agent on June 30, 2026: a $200M revolving credit facility plus a $950M delayed draw term loan, replacing the prior September 2022 facility. Large new $1.15B credit facility; the $950M delayed draw term loan suggests a pending acquisition or major capital deployment.

8-KShareholder voteMay 58-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

LSCC held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-05 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 9 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 48-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

LSCC reported period ending 2026-05-04 financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

8-KOfficer or director changeMar 118-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Artisan Mid Cap Fund Q2 2026 Performance Reviewseekingalpha.com·2d agoLattice Named a 2026 Top Workplace in the Greater Bay Areabusinesswire.com·3d agoLattice Semiconductor CEO Ford Tamer Sells Shares. What Does This Mean for Investors?fool.com·3d agoLattice Named to TIME's America's Best Companies 2026 Listbusinesswire.com·8d agoGovernments Are Racing to Rebuild Encryption Before Quantum Computers Break It, and a Canadian Company Is Taking Its Toolkit to Southeast Asiaprnewswire.com·10d ago

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