Bottleneck Solvers

BN · rank #14 · 2026-09-10

LSCC

NASDAQ · $16.40B (USD)

SignalSell
verdict · CAUTION

The exact numbers the algorithm saw.

Bottleneck themes
The structural shortage this name supplies into.
Advanced AI chip packaging and memory
Factor scores and the inputs behind this pick.
Composite score
Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank.
0.37
Forward revenue growth
Consensus forward revenue growth.
+45.1%
Forward net margin
Consensus forward net margin.
+5.8%
Net margin TTM
Trailing twelve month net margin.
+5.6%
Margin expansion
Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points).
+0.2%
Forward PEG
Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth.
0.59
Debt / FCF
Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer.
0.18×
Analyst upside
Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price.
+42.5%
Last EPS surprise
Most recent reported EPS versus consensus.
-8%
Market cap (USD)$16.40B

The AI research card

Independent qualitative review of each pick before the order is placed. On the rare day the research service is unavailable, the paper book trades on the quant ranking alone and no card appears here.

Summary

LSCC designs low-power FPGAs and platform firmware for control, security, and AI/data-center infrastructure, now broadened by the AMI acquisition into a more complete server management stack.

Rationale

The name fits bottleneck_solvers because it monetizes a mission-critical control/security layer with record growth, high FCF conversion, rising margins, and AMI adding platform stickiness that can expand its addressable bottleneck.

Material risks

  • 1Customers and hyperscalers could bypass Lattice by building control/management functionality in-house or shifting to custom silicon and larger FPGA/ASIC vendors, which would weaken the bottleneck thesis.
  • 2The $1.65 billion AMI integration could distract execution and fail to deliver the expected accretion to gross margin, EBITDA, FCF, and EPS.

AI verdict council

Each pick is reviewed independently by 3 models before any order. 1 of 3 voted to proceed.

OpenAI
Proceed
Claude
Caution
Gemini
Caution