NASD · Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials · USA
Applied Materials Inc is a mega cap company (market value over $200 billion) in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry.
Applied Materials designs, develops and manufactures wafer fabrication equipment used to produce semiconductors worldwide. The company operates through Semiconductor Systems, which provides patterning, transistor, interconnect and process control systems for chip manufacturing, and Applied Global Services, which delivers maintenance services and factory automation software to semiconductor manufacturers.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Applied Materials Inc stock.
Overvalued: intrinsic value $144.49 per share, market price $413.11, margin of safety -185.9% (as of 2026-10-19).
Discounting its cash flows at 12.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $144.49; the price of $413.11 is 186% above that value, and 66% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score: 64/100 on 12 of 12 signals (Faint Leak).
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9 more in this industry show a wider margin of safety.
AMAT is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Discounting its cash flows at 12.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $144.49; the price of $413.11 is 186% above that value, and 66% of that value comes from beyond year five.
$144.49 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $413.11. That is a margin of safety of -185.9%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
The price needs faster growth than we project for any company. It is betting on an exception. Yearly sales growth the price needs: 47.4%. Yearly sales growth it has sustained: 4.4%.
64 out of 100, which we rate "Faint Leak", on 12 of 12 value investing signals.