Question 1

What does Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) do?

Accepted Answer

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits, offering technologies including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, selective deposition and removal, and metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity, including spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier-generation equipment, and factory automation software. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes, and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. The company operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Question 2

Where is AMAT stock listed?

Accepted Answer

Applied Materials, Inc. trades under the ticker AMAT on NASDAQ.

Question 3

How can I research AMAT's financials and filings?

Accepted Answer

VantaFin provides Applied Materials, Inc.'s income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow data, SEC filings, earnings-call transcripts, and insider & institutional ownership on the AMAT profile.