{"id":148904,"date":"2025-08-15T22:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148904\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:12:17","slug":"applied-materials-warns-uncertainty-is-slowing-its-business-especially-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148904\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Materials Warns Uncertainty Is Slowing Its Business, Especially in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Cheng Xin \/ Getty Images Applied Materials shares sank 11% Friday morning even though fiscal third-quarter results topped analysts' estimates\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Cheng Xin \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Applied Materials shares sank 11% Friday morning even though fiscal third-quarter results topped analysts&#8217; estimates           <\/p>\n<ul class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<li class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Applied Materials said macroeconomic uncertainty is hurting its business, especially in China.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The maker of equipment for semiconductors gave current-quarter guidance that was short of forecasts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Applied Materials beat third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates as sales at all three of its segments beat estimates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Applied Materials (AMAT) was the worst-performing stock in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/sp500.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:S&amp;P 500;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">S&amp;P 500<\/a> Friday, a day after the semiconductor equipment manufacturer gave weaker-than-expected guidance as global economic and tariff worries impact its business, especially in China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The company sees current-quarter adjusted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/e\/eps.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:earnings per share (EPS);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">earnings per share (EPS)<\/a> between $1.91 and $2.31, and revenue between $6.20 billion and $7.20 billion. Analysts surveyed by Visible Alpha were looking for $2.37 and $7.30 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">CEO Gary Dickerson said Applied Materials was &#8220;currently operating in a dynamic macroeconomic and policy environment, which is creating increased uncertainty and lower visibility in the near term, including for our China business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">CFO Brice Hill added that the company anticipates lower revenue &#8220;driven by both digestion of capacity in China and non-linear demand from leading-edge customers given market concentration and fab timing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Shares sank 11% soon after the opening bell. Entering Friday&#8217;s session, Applied Materials shares were more than 15% higher year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The warning came as the company reported strong\u00a0third-quarter results. Adjusted EPS came in at $2.48, with revenue rising 8% year-over-year to $7.30 billion. Both were ahead of Visible Alpha consensus estimates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Sales at all three Applied Materials units\u2014Semiconductor Systems ($5.43 billion), Applied Global Services ($1.60 billion), and Display ($263 million)\u2014beat forecasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">UPDATE\u2014This article has been updated with the latest share price information.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"TradingView\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"347\" width=\"640\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>TradingView<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/applied-materials-warns-uncertainty-is-slowing-its-business-especially-in-china-11791677\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Investopedia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Investopedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cheng Xin \/ Getty Images Applied Materials shares sank 11% Friday morning even though fiscal third-quarter results topped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[77291,64,74,62209,79,87681,87680,87682,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-148904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-applied-materials","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-earnings-per-share","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-getty-images-applied-materials","14":"tag-revenue-estimates","15":"tag-semiconductor-equipment-manufacturer","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115035081538690006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}