XNAS · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$444.57+6.51%
Model Target
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not published for this name
Implied upside
—
vs the model target
Valuation methods
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no method met the standard
TickerWhale Score
60/100
Positive
Score components
TickerWhale View
Applied Materials scores 60 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Technical
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%86Strong
- Revenue growth 7.8%
- EPS growth 38.1%
Valuation
25%66Positive
- P/E 38.4
- EV/Sales 11.5
Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment manufacturer in the world. It has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Applied Materials holds leading market share in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.
#33 by market cap in our coverage · ~36,500 employees · Listed 1972-10-12 · www.appliedmaterials.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#62 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 60 vs sector average 53.5 (+6.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 83%
Gross margin (industry)Top 50%
Return on equity (industry)Top 25%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 67%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
31/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 31st of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 37/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 3 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates AMAT's technical setup weak — 31st percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
2 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+6.8%
- vs 50-day-11.3%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)44 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength26· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.356)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 2 buy vs 5 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 2 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)38.4
- P/S (TTM)11.5
- P/B13.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales11.5
- PEG1.01
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin49.4%
- Net margin30.0%
- ROE37.4%
- Debt/Equity0.26
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)7.8%
- EPS growth (YoY)38.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $355.7B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Oct '25 | Oct '24 | Oct '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $28.4B | $27.2B | $26.5B |
| Gross profit | $13.8B | $12.9B | $12.4B |
| Operating income | $8.3B | $7.9B | $7.7B |
| Net income | $7.0B | $7.2B | $6.9B |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.66 | $8.61 | $8.11 |
| Free cash flow | $5.7B | $7.5B | $7.6B |
| Cash | $7.2B | $8.0B | $6.1B |
| Total debt | $6.6B | $6.3B | $5.6B |
| Equity | $20.4B | $19.0B | $16.3B |
| Net debt | -$686M | -$1.8B | -$571M |
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.47 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
Model Target
Model Target — Under Review
Our valuation methods do not currently agree closely enough for us to publish a single target for this company. We would rather say so than print a number we cannot stand behind. The TickerWhale Score still reflects quality, growth and momentum.
Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMATCurrentApplied Materials | 60 | 37 | 38.4 | — | 13.9 | 11.5 | $444.57 | +6.51% | +7.8% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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