secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000006951-24-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials reports record Q3 revenue of $6.78B, GAAP EPS $2.05, up 11% YoY
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- Revenue $6.78B, up 5% YoY; GAAP EPS $2.05 (+11%), non-GAAP EPS $2.12 (+12%).
- GAAP operating margin 28.7% (+0.7 pts); non-GAAP operating margin 28.8% (+0.5 pts).
- Generated $2.39B cash from ops; distributed $1.19B to shareholders ($861M buybacks, $331M dividends).
- CEO cites AI leadership fueling demand, positioning company to outperform markets long term.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000026/0000006951-24-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000026/amat-20240815.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-24-000026

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