secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-21-000028
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials reports record Q3 revenue $6.20B (+41% YoY), EPS $1.87 (+105%)
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- Revenue $6.20B (record), up 41% YoY; GAAP operating margin 32.5% (record).
- GAAP EPS $1.87 (record), up 105% YoY; non-GAAP EPS $1.90, up 79% YoY.
- Cash from operations $1.69B; returned $1.72B via buybacks ($1.5B) and dividends ($219M).
- CEO cites digital transformation driving strong secular demand; expects to outperform market again in 2021.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695121000028/0000006951-21-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695121000028/amat-20210819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-21-000028

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