secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-21-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials reports record annual revenue of $23.06B, up 34% YoY; Q4 EPS $1.89 GAAP
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- Q4 revenue $6.12B (+31% YoY) at low-end of guidance due to supply constraints; GAAP EPS $1.89, non-GAAP $1.94.
- FY2021 revenue $23.06B (+34% YoY); GAAP EPS $6.40, non-GAAP $6.84; record GAAP op margin 29.9%.
- Semiconductor Systems backlog grew from $5.5B to $6.7B in Q4; overall orders up 62% YoY.
- FY2021 cash from operations record $5.44B; returned $4.59B to shareholders ($3.75B buybacks, $838M dividends).
- CEO cites pandemic-driven demand, but near-term supply shortages of certain silicon components persist.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695121000038/0000006951-21-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695121000038/amat-20211118.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-21-000038

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