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The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Gets Cheap In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Allied Materials will beat their estimates once again.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2007 Rich Smith	Applied Pessimism Despite reporting decent earnings, the world's dominant producer of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment has seen its shares slip 4%, thanks to an earnings conference call that apparently underwhelmed investors.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials The semiconductor equipment maker reports second-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow: Investors, buy, sell, or waffle? Here is what the analysts say.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys Oversimplified The maker of semiconductor design software is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Superior Synopsys The company, which makes the software that controls the equipment that makes semiconductors, is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials' Familiar Tune In advance of earnings, analysts expect Applied Materials' profits to tumble.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scorning Synopsys The semi-conductor design software maker is set to report its first-quarter numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Applied Brakes Investors in Applied Materials couldn't have asked for much more out of their company's fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings release. However, caution is in order as semiconductor investors tend to be nervous types.
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The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Anders Bylund	Material Buybacks: Fool by Numbers Fast facts on Applied Materials third-quarter earnings. Guidance was met and the semi-conductor maker's own expectations were slightly surpassed.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2005 Rich Smith	Applied Mathematics Applied Materials is no bargain, but it could become one.
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The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Tim Beyers	Ignore This Chip Stock At Your Own Risk The business of making semiconductors has never been more important.
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The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials, Low Hurdles So far this year, Applied Materials is two-for-two in earnings beats, but only by virtue of doing slightly less badly than expected. Analysts wonder if this quarter will be different.
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The Motley Fool November 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Applied Materials Gets Greener As Applied Materials grows the solar side of its business, the company has mostly dodged the market's downdraft, despite reporting a weak fourth quarter.
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The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Eric Bleeker	How Applied Materials Remains on Top Applied Materials has been able to keep its absolute R&D spending totally flat over the past five years while growing sales 19%.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Applied Materials Yo-Yo A consummate sentiment stock, investor attitudes about the semiconductor cycle will lift and depress Applied Materials' shares.
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The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Applause for Applied Materials The slump is ending, and this semiconductor equipment maker has got the numbers to prove it.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Applied Materials Waits for the Turn The semiconductor equipment market is still tough, but dawn might be breaking. Investors looking for broad exposure to an improvement in semiconductors (and, to a lesser extent, flat panel displays) should take a look at Applied Materials.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Jack Uldrich	Applied Materials Is Sunny Inside Applied Materials solar business could spur future growth.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Is Applied Materials Losing Momentum? The company posted a strong third quarter, but a less optimistic outlook has its shares near its 52-week low.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	What Does This Acquisition Mean for the Semiconductor Industry? How Applied Material's latest purchase affects the rest of its sector.
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The Motley Fool August 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Ready to Leap Recently, the company has been able to leap Wall Street's hurdles simply by not letting its earnings decline as much as expected. Tomorrow, to make the Street happy, it will need to more than double last year's profits. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Anders Bylund	This Stock Has a Chip on Its Shoulder This stock could be a low-risk path into several high-growth markets.
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The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Anders Bylund	Applied Materials Will Run on Solar Power Now that chip giants from Intel to Texas Instruments and everyone in between are cutting back wafer production, Applied is quickly becoming a solar panel specialist.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
InternetNews August 17, 2004 Michael Singer	Applied Materials Takes on Metron The company drops $85M on a global outsourcing firm to develop and market products for its growing fab services program.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Prologue to Synopsys Had it up to here with pro forma accounting, and the analysts who won't tell you when they're using it? Then give Synopsys management another round of applause. The software company reports fiscal second-quarter earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys of a Stock Slide Wall Street is right to sell Synopsys, but it's doing so for the wrong reason.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hewlett-Packard's Ahead of the Pack The computer maker is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Rising Star Buy: Applied Materials Take advantage of the chip revolution by buying the largest and best.
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The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Leaping Logitech! The Swiss computer equipment producer reports its fiscal third-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Anders Bylund	Applied Material Grows Supportive The clean-room equipment maker is coming off a whiz-bang fiscal 2006 with an additional boost in the fourth quarter. As always, you should do your own due diligence, but this company looks mighty tasty right about now.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Rich Smith	Applied Materials' Sunny Display Couch potatoes could help this company win the day, as Applied benefits from booming demand for flat-panel LCD TVs.
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The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Dan Bloom	Spending Money at Applied Materials: Fool by Numbers The chip equipment maker released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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