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. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices, as well as equipment for processing flexible substrates. The company operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
IPO Year: 1972
Exchange: NASDAQ
Website: appliedmaterials.com
| Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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| 6/6/2025 | Underweight → Equal-Weight | Morgan Stanley | |
| 5/16/2025 | $225.00 → $220.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
| 3/28/2025 | $195.00 | Hold → Buy | Jefferies |
| 3/12/2025 | Hold → Buy | Edward Jones | |
| 1/17/2025 | $225.00 | Sector Weight → Overweight | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
| 12/17/2024 | Neutral | Cleveland Research | |
| 12/5/2024 | $179.00 → $164.00 | Equal-Weight → Underweight | Morgan Stanley |
| 11/15/2024 | $250.00 → $230.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
| 6/5/2024 | $165.00 → $225.00 | Underweight → Equal Weight | Barclays |
| 5/17/2024 | $245.00 → $250.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. and GRENOBLE, France, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. and CEA-Leti today announced the next phase of their longstanding collaboration to accelerate innovation in specialty semiconductors. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the organizations plan to expand their joint lab and develop materials engineering solutions to address emerging infrastructure challenges in AI data centers. The joint lab is focused on device innovations for chipmakers serving ICAPS markets (IoT, Communications, Automotive, Power and Sensors). These specialty chips are used in a wide range of applications – from industrial automation to electric vehicles – and they
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.46 per share payable on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on Sept. 11, 2025 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 21, 2025. The cash dividend is a key component of Applied's capital allocation strategy. In March 2025, Applied announced a 15-percent increase in the quarterly dividend per share, from $0.40 to $0.46, marking eight consecutive years of dividend increases. Over the past 10 fiscal years through 2024, the company has increased its dividend per share at a compound annual growth rate of approximatel
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that members of management will participate in fireside chats at upcoming investor conferences. Gary Dickerson, President and CEO, will participate at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on Thursday, May 29 beginning at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET. Brice Hill, Senior Vice President and CFO, will participate at the BofA Securities Global Technology Conference on Wednesday, June 4 beginning at 10:40 a.m. PT / 1:40 p.m. ET. A live audio webcast of each session will be available on the Applied Materials website at: https://ir.appliedmaterials.com with a replay available the same day. Abo
Revenue $7.10 billion, up 7 percent year over yearGAAP gross margin 49.1 percent and non-GAAP gross margin 49.2 percentGAAP operating margin 30.5 percent and non-GAAP operating margin 30.7 percentRecord GAAP EPS $2.63 and record non-GAAP EPS $2.39, up 28 percent and 14 percent year over year, respectivelyGenerated $1.57 billion in cash from operations and distributed $2.00 billion to shareholders including $1.67 billion in share repurchases and $325 million in dividends SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) today reported results for its second quarter ended Apr. 27, 2025. "Applied Materials' broad capabilities and connected product p
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it will hold its fiscal second quarter 2025 earnings conference call on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT. The call will be webcast live at: https://ir.appliedmaterials.com. A replay will be available on the same day beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT. About Applied MaterialsApplied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities int
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it has purchased 9 percent of the outstanding shares of the common stock of BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi), a leading manufacturer of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry. Applied and Besi have been successfully collaborating since 2020, and recently extended their agreement, to co-develop the industry's first fully integrated equipment solution for die-based hybrid bonding. Hybrid bonding is becoming a critical technology for advanced packaging of semiconductors as designers and manufacturers race to develop more energy-efficient chips. Hybrid bonding connects chips using
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 15-percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend, marking eight consecutive years of higher dividends. The increase results in a quarterly dividend of $0.46 per share payable on June 12, 2025 to shareholders of record as of May 22, 2025. The Board also approved a new share repurchase authorization enabling Applied to buy back an additional $10 billion of its shares over time. This supplements the previous authorization which had approximately $7.6 billion remaining at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2025. "Over the past 10 fiscal years, Appli
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Brice Hill, Senior Vice President and CFO, will participate in a fireside chat at the Cantor Fitzgerald Global Technology Conference on Wednesday, March 12 beginning at 5:00 a.m. PT / 8:00 a.m. ET. A live audio webcast of the session will be available on the Applied Materials website at: https://ir.appliedmaterials.com with a replay available the same day. About Applied MaterialsApplied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic leve
SEMVision™ H20 enables better and faster analysis of nanoscale defects in leading-edge chipsSecond-generation "cold field emission" technology provides high-resolution imagingAI image recognition speeds up defect detection and classification SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced a new defect review system to help leading semiconductor manufacturers continue pushing the limits of chip scaling. The company's SEMVision™ H20 system combines the industry's most sensitive electron beam (eBeam) technology with advanced AI image recognition to enable better and faster analysis of buried nanoscale defects in the world's most advanced
Revenue $7.17 billion, up 7 percent year over yearGAAP gross margin 48.8 percent and non-GAAP gross margin 48.9 percentGAAP operating margin 30.4 percent and non-GAAP operating margin 30.6 percentGAAP EPS $1.45 and non-GAAP EPS $2.38, down 40 percent and up 12 percent year over year, respectivelyGenerated $925 million in cash from operations and distributed $1.64 billion to shareholders including $1.32 billion in share repurchases and $326 million in dividends SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) today reported results for its first quarter ended Jan. 26, 2025. "The industry drive to accelerate the development of advanced compute an
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