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Applied Materials' record Q3 results demonstrated that the company is translating the AI infrastructure boom into higher revenue, profits, and cash flow.

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Stocks were lower on Friday as retail sales and consumer sentiment data missed the mark.

US equity indexes ended lower Friday amid a drop in retail sales and after crude oil prices rose fol

Chip stocks retreat after a record market run.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a wave of upbeat earnings reports and bullish forecasts from key industry players signaled robust and sustained demand for artificial intelligence technology.

A stronger outlook and expanding semiconductor margins were insufficient to satisfy expectations surrounding artificial-intelligence equipment demand.

The earnings outlook improved, but the multiple just fell

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All three major US stock indexes were down slightly in late-morning trading Friday, as the S&P 500 c

Applied Materials isn’t having an easy time impressing investors, after a strong run for the stock earlier this year.

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Applied Materials raises its FY26 systems growth view as AI demand strengthens, with customer forecasts stretching into FY27 and, in some cases, FY30.

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Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT, XETRA:AP2) shares fell about 4% on Friday even after the chipmaking equipment supplier beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and profit for its fiscal third quarter and issued fourth-quarter guidance above expectations. The Santa Clara,...

Amkor Technology's 18% slide highlights near-term pressure, but advanced packaging, AI demand and rising earnings estimates strengthen the buy case.

While several analysts praised the results and long-term outlook, others said expectations had been higher, citing gross-margin commentary, near-term guidance, and the pace of systems growth.

Shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are down 5.7% in premarket trading Friday after the company posted record fiscal Q3 results but guided fourth quarter revenue and margins that failed to clear an elevated bar. The stock closed Thursday near $535, already up roughly 109% year to date and roughly 183% over one year. Strong Report, ... Applied Materials is Down 6% Premarket. Will It Drag Down Lam Research, KLA, and Other Semi Equipment Stocks?

Applied Materials just posted record revenue and its fifth straight earnings beat, yet the stock fell anyway. Three metrics from the next few quarters will separate a temporary pullback from something more telling about the AI capex cycle.

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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index falls Friday after surprise retail sales data. AI chip giant Applied Materials dives on earnings.

Non-GAAP gross margin reached 50.4% with fourth-quarter revenue guided above $10 billion

Applied Materials clears earnings estimates and boosts outlook, but investors punish AMAT stock

The benchmark US stock measures were mostly pointing higher before the open Friday as investors awai