APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
Business
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE provides materials engineering solutions and wafer fabrication tools used to design, develop, manufacture and service semiconductor chips. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of equipment and technologies—including patterning, transistor and interconnect tools, metrology, inspection and review systems, advanced packaging technologies—plus services, spares and factory automation software and select display manufacturing equipment. The company operates through two reportable segments, Semiconductor Systems and Applied Global Services (AGS), with other businesses reported in Corporate and Other. It sells worldwide primarily through a direct sales force and a global distribution and field‑engineer network to customers in foundry, logic, DRAM, NAND and non‑leading‑edge markets.
Summary from filing dated 2025-12-12
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-10-31 | FY 2024 2024-10-31 | FY 2023 2023-10-31 | FY 2022 2022-10-31 | FY 2021 2021-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net revenue | 28,368 | 27,176 | 26,517 | 25,785 | 23,063 | |
| Cost of products sold | 14,560 | 14,279 | 14,133 | 13,792 | 12,149 | |
| Gross profit | 13,808 | 12,897 | 12,384 | 11,993 | 10,914 | |
| Research, development and engineering | 3,570 | 3,233 | 3,102 | 2,771 | 2,485 | |
| Marketing and selling | 858 | 836 | 776 | 703 | 609 | |
| General and administrative | 910 | 961 | 852 | 735 | 620 | |
| Restructuring charges | 181 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Total operating expenses | 5,519 | 5,030 | 4,730 | 4,205 | 4,025 | |
| Income from operations | 8,289 | 7,867 | 7,654 | 7,788 | 6,889 | |
| Interest expense | 269 | 247 | 238 | 228 | — | |
| Interest and other income (expense), net | 1,251 | 532 | 300 | 39 | 118 | |
| Income before income taxes | 9,271 | 8,152 | 7,716 | 7,599 | 6,771 | |
| Provision for income taxes | 2,273 | 975 | 860 | 1,074 | 883 | |
| Net income | 6,998 | 7,177 | 6,856 | 6,525 | 5,888 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | 8.71 | 8.68 | 8.16 | 7.49 | 6.47 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | 8.66 | 8.61 | 8.11 | 7.44 | 6.4 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 804 | 827 | 840 | 871 | 910 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 808 | 834 | 845 | 877 | 919 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-10-31 | FY 2024 2024-10-31 | FY 2023 2023-10-31 | FY 2022 2022-10-31 | FY 2021 2021-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7,241 | 8,022 | 6,132 | 1,995 | 4,995 | |
| Short-term investments | 1,332 | 1,449 | 737 | 586 | 464 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | 5,185 | 5,234 | 5,165 | 6,068 | 4,953 | |
| Inventories | 5,915 | 5,421 | 5,725 | 5,932 | 4,309 | |
| Other current assets | 1,208 | 1,094 | 1,388 | 1,344 | 1,386 | |
| Total current assets | 20,881 | 21,220 | 19,147 | 15,925 | 16,107 | |
| Long-term investments | 4,327 | 2,787 | 2,281 | 1,980 | 2,055 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 4,610 | 3,339 | 2,723 | 2,307 | 1,934 | |
| Goodwill | 3,707 | 3,732 | 3,732 | 3,700 | 3,479 | |
| Purchased technology and other intangible assets, net | 226 | 249 | 294 | 339 | 104 | |
| Deferred income taxes and other assets | 2,548 | 3,082 | 2,552 | 2,475 | 2,146 | |
| Total assets | 36,299 | 34,409 | 30,729 | 26,726 | 25,825 | |
| Short-term debt | 100 | 799 | 100 | 0 | — | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 5,333 | 4,820 | 4,297 | 4,237 | 4,268 | |
| Contract liabilities | 2,566 | 2,849 | 2,975 | 3,142 | 2,076 | |
| Total current liabilities | 7,999 | 8,468 | 7,372 | 7,379 | 6,344 | |
| Long-term debt | 6,455 | 5,460 | 5,461 | 5,457 | 5,452 | |
| Income taxes payable | 356 | 670 | 833 | 964 | 1,090 | |
| Other liabilities | 1,074 | 810 | 714 | 732 | 692 | |
| Total liabilities | 15,884 | 15,408 | 14,380 | 14,532 | 13,578 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 14) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock: $0.01 par value per share; 1 shares authorized; no shares issued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock: $0.01 par value per share; 2,500 shares authorized; 793 and 818 shares outstanding at 2025 and 2024, respectively | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 10,333 | 9,660 | 9,131 | 8,593 | 8,247 | |
| Retained earnings | 55,227 | 49,651 | 43,726 | 37,892 | 32,246 | |
| Treasury stock: 1,241 and 1,211 shares at 2025 and 2024, respectively | −45,043 | −40,150 | −36,299 | −34,097 | — | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −110 | −168 | −217 | −202 | −260 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 20,415 | 19,001 | 16,349 | 12,194 | 12,247 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 36,299 | 34,409 | 30,729 | 26,726 | 25,825 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-10-31 | FY 2024 2024-10-31 | FY 2023 2023-10-31 | FY 2022 2022-10-31 | FY 2021 2021-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 435 | 392 | 515 | 444 | 394 | |
| Restructuring charges | 179 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 148 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 639 | −633 | 24 | −223 | 80 | |
| (Gain) loss and impairments on investments, net | −792 | −15 | −16 | — | — | |
| Share-based compensation | 668 | 577 | 490 | 413 | 346 | |
| Other | 31 | 62 | 56 | 36 | −70 | |
| Accounts receivable | 49 | −69 | 903 | −1,109 | −1,989 | |
| Inventories | −494 | 304 | 207 | −1,590 | −405 | |
| Other current and non-current assets | −119 | 287 | −48 | −16 | −602 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 307 | 281 | −138 | 390 | 465 | |
| Contract liabilities | −283 | −126 | −167 | 1,039 | 755 | |
| Income taxes payable | 250 | 389 | −20 | −541 | 396 | |
| Other liabilities | 90 | 51 | 38 | 35 | 36 | |
| Cash provided by operating activities | 7,958 | 8,677 | 8,700 | 5,399 | 5,442 | |
| Capital expenditures | −2,260 | −1,190 | −1,106 | −787 | −668 | |
| Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired | −29 | 0 | −25 | −441 | −12 | |
| Proceeds from asset sale | 33 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments | 5,528 | 2,451 | 1,268 | 1,363 | 1,471 | |
| Purchases of investments | −6,054 | −3,588 | −1,672 | −1,492 | −2,007 | |
| Cash used in investing activities | −2,782 | −2,327 | −1,535 | −1,357 | −1,216 | |
| Debt borrowings, net of issuance costs | 991 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debt repayments | −700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from commercial paper | 503 | 401 | 991 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repayments of commercial paper | −502 | −400 | −900 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from common stock issuances | 261 | 243 | 227 | 199 | 175 | |
| Common stock repurchases | −4,895 | −3,823 | −2,189 | −6,103 | −3,750 | |
| Tax withholding payments for vested equity awards | −248 | −291 | −179 | −266 | −178 | |
| Payments of dividends to stockholders | −1,400 | −1,200 | −975 | −873 | −838 | |
| Payments of debt issuance costs | −3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Repayments of principals on finance leases | 0 | −102 | −7 | — | — | |
| Cash used in financing activities | −5,977 | −4,470 | −3,032 | −7,043 | −4,591 | |
| Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents | −801 | 1,880 | 4,133 | −3,001 | −365 | |
| Cash payments for income taxes | 1,504 | 957 | 1,006 | 1,869 | 851 | |
| Cash refunds from income taxes | 90 | 15 | 53 | 156 | 27 | |
| Cash payments for interest | 239 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 205 |