Semiconductor equipment vendor Applied Materials (AMAT) late Thursday beat estimates for its fiscal second quarter and guided above views for the current period. But AMAT stock fell in extended trading.
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The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company earned an adjusted $2.09 a share on sales of $6.65 billion in the quarter ended April 28. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $1.99 a share on sales of $6.54 billion. In the year-earlier period, Applied Materials earned an adjusted $2 a share on sales of $6.63 billion.
For the current quarter, Applied Materials expects to earn an adjusted $2.01 a share on sales of $6.65 billion. That’s based on the midpoint of its guidance. Wall Street was modeling earnings of $1.98 a share on sales of $6.59 billion in the fiscal third quarter. In the year-earlier period, Applied Materials earned an adjusted $1.90 a share on sales of $6.43 billion.
In after-hours trading on the stock market today, AMAT stock retreated 1.5% to 210.90. During the regular session Thursday, AMAT stock sank 1.5% to close at 214.17.
On Wednesday, AMAT stock broke out of a flat base at a buy point of 214.91, according to IBD MarketSurge charts.
Further, Applied Materials is on the IBD Tech Leaders list.
Earnings report details to follow.
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