secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-23-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials Q3 revenue $6.43B, down 1% YoY; GAAP EPS $1.85 flat, non-GAAP EPS $1.90 down 2%
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- Revenue $6.43B (-1% YoY); GAAP operating margin 28.0% (down 1.5 pts), non-GAAP op. margin 28.3% (down 1.7 pts).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.85 (flat YoY); non-GAAP diluted EPS $1.90 (-2% YoY).
- Cash from operations $2.58B; returned $707M to shareholders ($439M buybacks + $268M dividends).
- CEO cites execution at high end of guidance; strategy focused on IoT and AI technologies.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695123000026/0000006951-23-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695123000026/amat-20230817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-23-000026

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