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Company Profile & Ownership

Applied Materials, Inc. provides materials engineering solutions, equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor and related industries in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Semiconductor Systems and Applied Global Services (AGS) segments. The Semiconductor Systems segment includes semiconductor capital equipment to enable materials engineering steps, including etch, rapid thermal processing, deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, wafer packaging, and ion implantation. The AGS segment offers integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, and 200 millimeter and other equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor and other products. It serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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Applied Materials Inc

Common Stock · Information Technology · Semiconductor Materials & Equipment

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Company

Company / asset: Applied Materials Inc
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 3050 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95052-8039

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Gary E. Dickerson
CEO year born: 1957
Full-time employees: 38.9K
Fiscal year end: October
IPO date: 1972-10-05

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-14

Market Cap: USD 355.7B
P/E: 38.4x
Revenue (Q3 26): USD 9.1B
Profit (Q3 26): USD 2.5B
Dividend Yield: 0.3%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 28.4B
Shares in public float: 790.5M
Insider ownership: 0.33%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: AMAT.NASDAQ
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US0382221051
Asset ID: equity_6aa5515c-952b-5a96-8aa8-824095495923

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Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc78,974,833 shares · 9.95% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC51,577,799 shares · 6.50% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp37,506,950 shares · 4.73% · Reported 2026-03-31
Amvescap Plc.26,365,590 shares · 3.32% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest25,281,711 shares · 3.19% · Reported 2026-07-31
Capital Research Global Investors22,159,097 shares · 2.79% · Reported 2026-06-30
Geode Capital Management, LLC21,921,798 shares · 2.76% · Reported 2026-03-31

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Vanguard 500 Index Investor20,833,784 shares · 2.63% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC17,261,696 shares · 2.18% · Reported 2026-03-31
Invesco QQQ Trust17,079,507 shares · 2.15% · Reported 2026-08-31
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts11,843,881 shares · 1.49% · Reported 2026-03-31
NORGES BANK11,305,788 shares · 1.42% · Reported 2026-06-30
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF10,567,913 shares · 1.33% · Reported 2026-08-31
Fidelity 500 Index10,262,207 shares · 1.29% · Reported 2026-07-31
UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc9,997,208 shares · 1.26% · Reported 2026-03-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company is currently experiencing exceptionally strong financial performance, highlighted by double-digit revenue growth and a massive surge in net income. This explosive momentum is driven by peak-cycle spending on artificial intelligence hardware and generous government subsidies for new factories. However, there is a clear split in opinions regarding the future outlook. Some assessments warn that this performance represents a cyclical peak, and earnings are bound to contract as big tech companies slow down their infrastructure spending and trade restrictions cut off lucrative sales to China. Others believe that the structural shift toward advanced chip architectures will permanently lift baseline earnings, helping the company weather any temporary slowdowns. Overall, while the current financial engine is highly profitable and cash-generative, the extremely high stock price means there is very little room for error if growth begins to slow down.

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Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company boasts exceptionally high profit margins, reflecting its deep pricing power and dominant position in the semiconductor equipment market. Because chipmakers cannot build advanced chips without its specialized tools, the company can charge premium prices, keeping gross margins near record highs. However, there is a sharp divergence in opinions regarding whether these high margins are sustainable. Some assessments warn that current margins are cyclically inflated by the artificial intelligence spending boom and will inevitably shrink when the market cools down. Rising costs for raw materials, logistics, and specialized gases like helium could also squeeze profitability. Conversely, other views suggest that the transition to more complex chip architectures and a growing share of high-margin software and maintenance services will establish a permanent floor under . While the business remains highly profitable, the current stock price assumes perfect margin expansion, leaving no room for error.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-10-31	10,825,000,000	2,213,000,000	1,721,000,000	41.67	19.88	15.9	20.44
2017-10-31	14,698,000,000	3,264,000,000	3,519,000,000	44.99	26.78	23.94	22.21
2018-10-31	16,705,000,000	3,165,000,000	3,038,000,000	45	26.88	18.19	18.95
2019-10-31	14,608,000,000	2,806,000,000	2,706,000,000	43.72	22.93	18.52	19.21
2020-10-31	17,202,000,000	3,382,000,000	3,619,000,000	44.72	25.37	21.04	19.66
2021-10-31	23,063,000,000	4,774,000,000	5,888,000,000	47.32	29.87	25.53	20.7
2022-10-31	25,785,000,000	4,612,000,000	6,525,000,000	46.51	30.2	25.31	17.89
2023-10-31	26,517,000,000	7,594,000,000	6,856,000,000	46.7	28.86	25.86	28.64
2024-10-31	27,176,000,000	7,487,000,000	7,177,000,000	47.46	28.95	26.41	27.55
2025-10-31	28,368,000,000	5,698,000,000	6,998,000,000	48.67	29.22	24.67	20.09

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-10-31	26.58	Trailing four quarters
2024-10-31	20.95	Trailing four quarters
2023-10-31	16.25	Trailing four quarters
2022-10-31	11.62	Annual net income
2021-10-31	21.05	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	1,076,000,000
2018-01-01	984,000,000
2019-01-01	931,000,000
2020-01-01	921,000,000
2021-01-01	907,000,000
2022-01-01	859,000,000
2023-01-01	842,000,000
2024-01-01	828,000,000
2025-01-01	798,000,000
2026-01-01	800,000,000

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