“Interest expense in the nine months ended July 26, 2026 increased compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to our issuance of senior unsecured notes in September 2025.”10-Q · Aug 20, 2026 ↗
Applied Materials, Inc.
AMAT
Market read
Applied Materials, Inc.'s move is spreading beyond its market group.
No new filing conclusion is available. 5 of 18 group members are active now; 2 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 1 of 12 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- At least 12 of 18 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- Q remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 6 of 18 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 5 of 18 group members are active now; 2 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 1 of 12 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- At least 12 of 18 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- Q remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Net margin changed -1.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 25% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 116% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
456.56Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“For the nine months ended July 26, 2026, this increase was partially offset by lower customer demand for trailing-edge logic systems.”10-Q · Aug 20, 2026 ↗
“Capital expenditures totaled $2.0 billion and purchases of investments, net of proceeds from sales and maturities of investments, were $908 million and net cash paid for acquisitions was $262 million, partially offset by net proceeds from asset sale of $6 mil…”10-Q · Aug 20, 2026 ↗
“Semiconductor Systems’ operating margin for the nine months ended July 26, 2026 increased compared to the same period in the prior year primarily driven by higher revenue, increases in average selling prices and lower material and manufacturing costs, partial…”10-Q · Aug 20, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 13.0× · EV/sales 13.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 16:15 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for AMAT. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for AMAT. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind AMAT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
GMGeneral Motors CompanypartnerDec 12, 2025 ▾
“Dickerson started his semiconductor career in manufacturing and engineering management at General Motors’ Delco Electronics Division and then AT&T Technologies.”
TAT&T Inc.partnerDec 12, 2025 ▾
“Dickerson started his semiconductor career in manufacturing and engineering management at General Motors’ Delco Electronics Division and then AT&T Technologies.”
Depended on by
UCTT41.9% of UCTTcustomerFeb 23, 2026 ▾
“Our two largest revenue customers in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 were Applied Materials, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
AMAT is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Semiconductor Manufacturing. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.