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Applied Materials (AMAT)


Market Price (9/17/2025): $173.65 | Market Cap: $138.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment

Applied Materials (AMAT)


Market Price (9/17/2025): $173.65
Market Cap: $138.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 5.9%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -25%
 
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 30%
  
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 27%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 20%, CFO LTM is 7.7 Bil, FCF LTM is 5.8 Bil
  
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 45%
  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 5.9%
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 30%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 27%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 20%, CFO LTM is 7.7 Bil, FCF LTM is 5.8 Bil
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 45%
4 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -25%

Market Valuation

 9/17/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$173.65$161.33$159.53$94.98$152.06
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)138.6132.5133.181.0136.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)6.86.66.05.85.8
Total Cash ($ Bil)7.09.56.92.65.5
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)138.3139.1139.186.8142.4
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM4.85.05.13.36.2
P/EBIT TTM15.116.017.110.820.4
P/E TTM20.318.719.913.024.3
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.51.7
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.0
 9/17/2520242023
Share Price CYE$173.65$161.33$159.53
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)138.6132.5133.1
Total Debt ($ Bil)6.86.66.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)7.09.56.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)138.3139.1139.1
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM4.85.05.1
P/EBIT TTM15.116.017.1
P/E TTM20.318.719.9
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
AMAT Return43%84%-38%68%1%8%190%
Peers Return44%50%-23%50%-4%29%209%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: TXN, MCHP, LRCX, AMAT, KLAC. See AMAT Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/16/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

AMATTXNMCHPLRCXKLACMedian
NameApplied .Texas In.Microchi.Lam Rese.KLA  
Mkt Price173.54177.6364.45120.47990.57173.54
Mkt Cap138.5161.334.8153.5130.8138.5
Rev LTM28,61316,6754,23618,43612,15616,675
Op Inc LTM8,6235,8182085,9015,0145,818
FCF LTM5,8231,5037265,4143,7423,742
FCF 3Y Avg6,4572,0602,0184,7823,3673,367
CFO LTM7,7056,4397976,1734,0826,173
CFO 3Y Avg7,7886,7522,2825,3353,6875,335

Growth & Margins

AMATTXNMCHPLRCXKLACMedian
NameApplied .Texas In.Microchi.Lam Rese.KLA  
Rev Chg LTM6.6%3.6%-35.7%23.7%23.9%6.6%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg4.4%-4.9%-13.0%3.5%10.4%3.5%
Rev Chg Q7.7%16.4%-13.4%33.6%23.6%16.4%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM1.9%3.9%-3.8%7.6%5.2%3.9%
Op Mgn LTM30.1%34.9%4.9%32.0%41.2%32.0%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg29.4%39.5%23.8%30.2%38.8%30.2%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM0.5%0.6%-3.6%1.2%1.1%0.6%
CFO/Rev LTM26.9%38.6%18.8%33.5%33.6%33.5%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg28.5%39.3%32.1%31.5%34.1%32.1%
FCF/Rev LTM20.4%9.0%17.1%29.4%30.8%20.4%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg23.7%11.7%28.5%28.3%31.1%28.3%

Valuation

AMATTXNMCHPLRCXKLACMedian
NameApplied .Texas In.Microchi.Lam Rese.KLA  
Mkt Cap138.5161.334.8153.5130.8138.5
P/S4.89.78.28.310.88.3
P/EBIT15.126.1319.125.026.426.1
P/E20.332.0-234.228.632.228.6
P/CFO18.025.043.624.932.025.0
Total Yield5.9%6.2%0.3%4.2%3.8%4.2%
Dividend Yield1.0%3.0%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg4.4%1.2%4.3%4.3%3.6%4.3%
D/E0.00.10.20.00.00.0
Net D/E-0.00.10.1-0.00.00.0

Returns

AMATTXNMCHPLRCXKLACMedian
NameApplied .Texas In.Microchi.Lam Rese.KLA  
1M Rtn7.3%-8.7%-1.9%21.1%13.5%7.3%
3M Rtn-0.0%-9.5%-4.1%30.0%11.2%-0.0%
6M Rtn13.7%0.6%20.7%56.1%40.2%20.7%
12M Rtn-6.5%-7.8%-13.8%60.7%35.8%-6.5%
3Y Rtn100.7%17.6%5.1%203.8%204.6%100.7%
1M Excs Rtn4.9%-11.1%-4.4%18.6%11.0%4.9%
3M Excs Rtn-10.9%-19.7%-14.3%19.5%1.7%-10.9%
6M Excs Rtn-4.1%-16.2%1.9%37.8%22.1%1.9%
12M Excs Rtn-22.4%-24.7%-30.9%44.9%18.3%-22.4%
3Y Excs Rtn22.4%-48.6%-59.4%114.4%122.5%22.4%

Financials

Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity22,434,407
Short Interest: % Change Since 815202537.3%
Average Daily Volume7,407,575
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.03
Basic Shares Quantity798,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares2.8%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/14/2025-14.1%-15.1% 
5/15/2025-5.3%-7.9%1.3%
2/13/2025-8.2%-6.5%-15.4%
11/14/2024-9.2%-5.3%-8.7%
8/15/2024-1.9%-5.3%-11.3%
2/15/20246.3%5.2%7.1%
11/16/2023-4.0%-2.7%3.8%
8/17/20233.7%3.8%2.2%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive91112
# Negative141211
Median Positive3.9%2.7%5.2%
Median Negative-3.9%-5.2%-12.1%
Max Positive9.0%11.0%27.2%
Max Negative-14.1%-15.1%-21.9%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
7312025821202510-Q 7/27/2025
4302025522202510-Q 4/27/2025
1312025220202510-Q 1/26/2025
103120241213202410-K 10/27/2024
7312024822202410-Q 7/28/2024
4302024523202410-Q 4/28/2024
1312024227202410-Q 1/28/2024
103120231215202310-K 10/29/2023
7312023824202310-Q 7/30/2023
4302023526202310-Q 4/30/2023
1312023223202310-Q 1/29/2023
103120221216202210-K 10/30/2022
7312022825202210-Q 7/31/2022
4302022526202210-Q 5/1/2022
1312022224202210-Q 1/30/2022
103120211217202110-K 10/31/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0DICKERSON GARY EPresident and CEO4072025Buy137.2948,5816,669,685235,402,788Form
1Sanders AdamCorp. Controller & CAO4032025Sell144.8345065,174880,132Form
2Sanders AdamCorp. Controller & CAO2252025Sell172.7227146,8081,119,085Form