For most investors, how much a stock's price changes over time is important. Not only can it impact your investment portfolio, but it can also help you compare investment results across sectors and industries.
Another thing that can drive investing is the fear of missing out, or FOMO. This particularly applies to tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.
What if you'd invested in Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to LSCC for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?
Lattice Semiconductor's Business In-Depth
With that in mind, let's take a look at Lattice Semiconductor's main business drivers.
Headquartered in Hillsboro, OR, Lattice Semiconductor is a leader in the design and manufacturing of low-power field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices. The company, founded in 1983, also develops programmable mixed-signal and interconnect products along with related software and intellectual property (IP), supporting applications ranging from edge to cloud computing.
Lattice’s products and services are utilized by a variety of end users across the communication, computing (client and datacenter), industrial, automotive and consumer electronics markets in both wireless and wireline communications infrastructure deployments. The company’s product portfolio encompasses several FPGA families, such as the Lattice Nexus platform for small FPGAs and the Lattice Avant platform for mid-range FPGAs. These products are designed to deliver power efficiency and performance within compact form factors. The company collaborates with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to manufacture 16nm technology used in the Avant platform of FPGA products. The company also sources silicon wafers from several foundry partners including Samsung, United Microelectronics Corporation, United Semiconductor Japan Corporation and Epson. Additionally, Lattice offers software tools like Diamond, Radiant and Propel, which facilitate design and development processes for engineers.
The company operates within a single operating segment. In 2025, it generated $523.3 million in revenues.
End-market-wise, 56% of total revenues came from Communications and Computing, the Industrial and Automotive, and Consumer end-markets contributed 37% and 7%, respectively, in 2025.
Bottom Line
While anyone can invest, building a lucrative investment portfolio takes research, patience, and a little bit of risk. If you had invested in Lattice Semiconductor ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.
According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in February 2016 would be worth $24,483.80, or a gain of 2,348.38%, as of February 12, 2026, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.
Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 279.51% and gold's return of 292.77% over the same time frame.
Looking ahead, analysts are expecting more upside for LSCC.
Lattice reported relatively modest fourth-quarter 2025 results, with revenues beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate and adjusted earnings meeting the same. Strong demand in communications and computing markets is expected to drive growth for Lattice. Industrial and automotive markets are gradually recovering, with channel inventory levels steadily normalizing and showing clear signs of improvement. FPGA portfolio expansion and innovation are expected to drive the company's future growth. Partnerships with major semiconductor companies are driving innovation. However, being a fabless semiconductor company, any disruption, defect, or delay from its third-party contractors could harm its operations and financial performance. Fierce competition from peers is weighing on margins. Integration risks, owing to frequent buyouts, are worrisome.
The stock is up 24.03% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 1 higher, for fiscal 2026. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.
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