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Applied Materials, Inc.

$AMAT·$403B·Semiconductors·Technology
$409.29-4.8%YTD+61.0%1Y+88.9%
Price updated 2h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
AMAMAT
$AMATApplied Materials, Inc.
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $AMAT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

771X posts · last 7 days
Sep 28Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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How loud $AMAT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 57% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-14

Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson said services growth exceeds 20% YoY with margins +180bps at Goldman, and Evercore ISI raised 2027 WFE base case to $215B (from $180B). AMAT ranks among Wall Street's 50%+ upside picks over 12 months. No visible bear voice.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $AMAT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

The world's largest wafer-fab-equipment maker doubled this year as the WFE 2027 base case was raised to $215B.

Applied Materials is the world's largest maker of wafer-fab equipment — the picks-and-shovels behind every leading-edge chip and every HBM memory stack. The stock has doubled this year as the WFE market base case keeps getting revised higher.

  • The WFE cycle is confirmed up: fiscal Q3 revenue of $7.91B at +11.4% YoY — Evercore just raised 2027 WFE base case to $215B from $180B, and management confirmed services growth above 20% YoY at the Goldman conference.
  • The multiple is paying for the cycle: 42x trailing on 50% gross margins and 30% operating margins — rich, but 2027 consensus EPS of $18.70 off $12.80 this year means the forward multiple drops to ~29x if the ramp sticks.
  • Insider selling is still minor: just director Judy Bruner $465K in September — nothing like the big-cluster signals we're seeing elsewhere in semis.

Nov 12 fiscal Q4 earnings with China WFE commentary firming plus the 2027 base case holding keeps the move going; an export-control shock or guide cut and the 42x multiple compresses fast.

Agrees with X sentimentX cites the CEO's 20% services growth comment and Evercore's $215B 2027 WFE base case — both real, backed by the earnings cadence and the services margin expansion. The crowd isn't centering the China export-control risk which stays as the asymmetric downside.

What to watch: Nov 12 fiscal Q4 earnings — Services segment growth above 20%, China WFE commentary stabilizing, and FY27 guidance tracking consensus. Any new US export-control action or a guide cut below $8B quarterly revenue compresses the multiple sharply.

On the calendar: 2026-11-12 — fiscal Q4 2026 earnings

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What it does

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

Makes CVD, PVD, etch, and CMP wafer processing equipment used by every major semiconductor fab to manufacture chips.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — hyperscaler AI capex remains the structural driver with Blackwell supply still packaging-constrained. Jensen Huang publicly named memory bandwidth as AI's next bottleneck, reinforcing HBM3e pricing power. AVGO custom ASIC demand broadens AI beneficiaries beyond NVDA's GPU allocation.

What this means for $AMAT

Direct beneficiary — Makes CVD, PVD, etch, and CMP wafer processing equipment used by every major semiconductor fab to manufacture chips.; wafer fabrication capacity is the upstream constraint for all AI chip supply.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
42.0How 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
21.6%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
29.5%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
1.7%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
12.3Same 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
39.8%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
49.0%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
0.3Total 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
Q2 2026Aug 13, 2026$3.50$3.40+2.9%
Q1 2026May 14, 2026$2.86$2.68+6.7%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$2.38$2.21+7.7%
Q3 2025Dec 12, 2025$2.17$2.11+2.8%
Next earningsThu, Nov 12·consensus EPS $4.06

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$7.9B+11.4%49.9%31.9%$3.53$832.0M
Q1 FY26$7.0B-2.1%49.0%29.9%$2.55$1.0B
Q4 FY25$6.8B-3.5%48.0%25.2%$2.39$2.0B
Q3 FY25$7.3B+7.7%48.8%30.6%$2.22$2.0B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 27 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$34.3B$33.4B – $34.6B$12.81$12.77 – $12.9827
FY27$46.8B$43.5B – $49.5B$18.74$17.17 – $20.0727
FY28$57.2B$47.2B – $68.3B$24.54$19.97 – $30.7524
FY29$65.7B$59.4B – $71.7B$27.99$24.52 – $31.3012
FY30$94.0B$85.0B – $102.6B$42.73$37.44 – $47.7912

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.2.0×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.42%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.-11.3%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.-1.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 790.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.5% 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.β1.595-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

SellOct 2Adam SandersCorp. Controller & CAO725 sh$395KSellSep 8Judy BrunerDirector1.0K sh$465KSellAug 25Brice HillCFO7.5K sh$3.6MSellJun 30Gary E DickersonCEO20.0K sh$14.7MSellJun 29Gary E DickersonCEO58.3K sh$40.8MSellJun 18Prabu G. RajaPresident10.0K sh$6.3MSellJun 16Thomas J IannottiDirector9.3K sh$5.5MSellJun 16Gary E DickersonCEO71.7K sh$42.6MSellJun 16Omkaram NalamasuCTO24.3K sh$14.4MSellJun 15Omkaram NalamasuCTO10.7K sh$6.4M
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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

3New insider — initial holdingsAug 313
AI summary

Akash J. Palkhiwala, a newly-appointed director of Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT), filed an initial Form 3 on August 31, 2026, reporting zero securities beneficially owned as of August 27, 2026. No direct or derivative securities are held. Routine Section 16(a) compliance filing by a newly-designated reporting person; no market significance.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 278-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Applied Materials elected Akash Palkhiwala to its Board and Audit Committee effective August 27, 2026. Palkhiwala will receive the standard non-employee director package: $100,000 annual retainer (prorated), a $25,000 Audit Committee retainer (prorated), and RSUs worth $250,000 at grant date. Standard independent director appointment with customary compensation.

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Recent news

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

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