In a report released today, Craig Ellis from B.Riley FBR maintained a Buy rating on Applied Materials Inc (AMAT), with a price target of $54. The company’s shares closed on Friday at $47.15.
Ellis noted:
“Semi Cap bellwether Applied Materials (AMAT) reports F3Q19 8/15 AMC with a 4:30PM ET CC. We see makeable F3Q estimates and an in-line guide versus the Street, the latter better than feared. On near term items, 2H spending mix shift from Memory toward Foundry/Logic (F/L; i.e. INTC spending mix to 90% Logic with Memory just 10%, TSMC’s raise) has moderately benefited those over-indexed to F/L (i.e. ASML and KLAC) while clipping the more Memory- centric (i.e. LRCX and ACLS). Four brokers cut F4Q estimates by an average of $115.8M/3.1%, matching LRCX’s outlook miss, but our bottoms-up analysis suggests greater resiliency given higher F/L mix. More broadly, we expect strong quarterly execution under CFO Durn on margins, OCF, and share repurchase as cash redeploys for value creation.”
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Applied Materials Inc has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $51.38.
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The company has a one-year high of $52.42 and a one-year low of $28.79. Currently, Applied Materials Inc has an average volume of 9.75M.
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Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of materials engineering solutions used to produce new chip and advanced display. It operates through the following segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets.
