Applied Materials Inc. Stock Analysis AMAT

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display and related industries. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and currently employs 36,500 full-time employees. The firm provides equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates in three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services (AGS), and Display. The Semiconductor systems segment designs, develops, manufactures and sells a range of primarily 300 mm equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips, also referred to as integrated circuits (ICs). The AGS segment provides services, spares and factory automation software to customer fabrication plants globally. The AGS segment also manufactures and sells 200mm and other equipment. The Display segment is comprised primarily of products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and other display technologies for televisions, monitors, laptops, personal computers (PCs), tablets, smartphones, and other consumer-oriented devices.