Earnings Preview: What to Expect From Applied Materials' Report

Santa Clara, California-based Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. Valued at $182.2 billion by market cap, the company’s customers include semiconductor wafer and integrated circuit manufacturers, flat-panel liquid crystal display manufacturers, solar photovoltaic cell and module manufacturers, and other electronic device manufacturers. The world’s largest semiconductor fabrication equipment supplier i ...