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Semiconductor equipment vendor Applied Materials (AMAT) was down Friday even though it easily beat Wall Street’s targets for its fiscal second quarter and guided higher for the current period.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said late Thursday it earned an adjusted $1.63 a share on sales of $5.58 billion in the quarter ended May 2. Analysts expected Applied Materials earnings of $1.51 a share on sales of $5.41 billion. On a year-over-year basis, Applied Materials earnings rose 83% while sales climbed 41%.
It was the company’s best sales and earnings growth in four years.
For the current quarter, Applied Materials forecast adjusted earnings of $1.76 a share on sales of $5.92 billion. That’s based on the midpoint of its outlook. Wall Street had predicted earnings of $1.56 a share on sales of $5.53 billion. In the year-earlier period, it earned $1.06 a share on sales of $4.40 billion.
“Applied Materials’ record performance is underpinned by broad-based strength across our semiconductor businesses,” Chief Executive Gary Dickerson said in a news release. “We are confident in our ability to outperform our markets as large, secular trends create sustainable demand for semiconductors and our leadership in materials engineering becomes increasingly critical to deliver new chip technologies.”
On the stock market today, AMAT stock dipped fractionally. During the regular session Thursday, AMAT stock jumped 4.4% to 130.31.
AMAT stock hit a record high of 146 on April 5 before succumbing to the tech stock sell-off. Since then it has been consolidating with a buy point of 146.10, according to IBD MarketSmith charts.
AMAT stock is ranked No. 4 out of 31 stocks in IBD’s semiconductor equipment industry group, according to IBD Stock Checkup. It has an IBD Composite Rating of 96 out of 99.
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