secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-22-000027
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials Q3 revenue record $6.52B, EPS $1.85; supply chain constraints persist
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- Revenue $6.52B (+5% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.85 (-1% YoY); non-GAAP EPS $1.94 (+2% YoY).
- GAAP gross margin 46.1%, down 1.8 pts YoY; operating margin 29.5%, down 3.0 pts YoY.
- Cash from operations $1.47B; returned $1.23B to shareholders ($1.0B buybacks, $225M dividends).
- Management cites ongoing supply chain challenges limiting ability to meet demand.
- CEO expresses confidence in long-term semiconductor market and Applied's growth opportunities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000027/0000006951-22-000027-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000027/amat-20220818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-22-000027

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