secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-22-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials Q4 revenue $6.75B (+10% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.85, non-GAAP $2.03; annual revenue record $25.79B
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- Record Q4 revenue $6.75B (+10% YoY); annual revenue $25.79B (+12% YoY).
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.85 (-2% YoY); non-GAAP EPS $2.03 (+5% YoY); GAAP op margin 29.5% (down 3.4 pts).
- Full-year GAAP EPS $7.44 (+16% YoY); non-GAAP $7.70 (+13%); cash from ops $5.4B.
- Returned $6.98B to shareholders in FY2022 ($6.1B buybacks, $873M dividends).
- CEO cites strong finish but slowing spending growth near term due to geopolitical/macro challenges.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000037/0000006951-22-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000037/amat-20221117.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-22-000037

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