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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000006951-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMAT"
cik: "0000006951"
company_name: "APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE"
filed_at: "2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T00:41:02.192835+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Materials Q4 revenue record $7.05B (+5% YoY); GAAP EPS $2.09 (-12%), non-GAAP EPS $2.32 (+9%)

## Summary
- Full-year revenue record $27.18B, up 2% YoY; GAAP EPS $8.61 (+6%), non-GAAP EPS $8.65 (+7%).
- Q4 GAAP gross margin 47.3%, operating margin 29.0%; GAAP net income $1.73B, down 14% YoY.
- Q4 cash from ops $2.58B; returned $1.77B to shareholders via $1.44B buybacks and $329M dividends.
- CEO cites AI and energy-efficient computing as key drivers for materials engineering leadership.
- Full-year cash from ops $8.68B; returned $5.01B to shareholders including $3.82B buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000006951-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMAT
- cik: 0000006951
- company_name: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
- filed_at: 2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000037/0000006951-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000037/amat-20241114.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006951-24-000037.txt

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