Applied Materials, Inc.

AMAT Technology Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Applied Materials, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $28.4 billion, up 4.39% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 24.8%, EPS grew 43.5%, free cash flow grew 13.7% and total debt rose 4.50%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

409.29 20.72 −4.82%
Market cap
$341.3B
P/E
35.1×
Fwd P/E
12.4×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.17
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
96/100

Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) Return on invested capital

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Applied Materials, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 24.9%, down 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.7% (fiscal 2015) to 35.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median of 6.10% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 28.2% (2.98)
FY2024 31.1% (0.66)
FY2023 31.8% (0.32)
FY2022 32.1% (2.85)
FY2021 35.0% 8.62
FY2020 26.4% 5.22
FY2019 21.1% (13.42)
FY2018 34.6% 1.20
FY2017 33.4% 13.55
FY2016 19.8% 5.08

Against its own ten years

Low 14.7% High 35.0%
Ten-year median 31.1%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ASML ASML Holding N.V. compare 84.9%
KLAC KLA Corporation compare 48.2%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation compare 48.2%
TER Teradyne, Inc. compare 27.0%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 24.9%
AMKR Amkor Technology, Inc. compare 8.64%
Q Qnity Electronics, Inc. compare 6.10%
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. compare 5.56%
ENTG Entegris, Inc. compare 4.60%
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median 6.10%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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