Applied Materials Q3 2024 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Applied Materials announced its Q3 2024 results, reporting a 5% year-over-year increase in revenue to $6.78 billion. GAAP EPS was $2.05, and non-GAAP EPS was $2.12, representing an 11% and 12% increase year-over-year, respectively. The company generated $2.39 billion in cash from operations and distributed $1.19 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.
Revenue reached a record $6.78 billion, up 5% year-over-year.
GAAP operating margin was 28.7%, and non-GAAP operating margin was 28.8%, increasing by 0.7 and 0.5 points year-over-year, respectively.
GAAP EPS was $2.05, and non-GAAP EPS was $2.12, up 11% and 12% year-over-year, respectively.
Cash from operations was $2.39 billion.
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Forward Guidance
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, Applied Materials expects net revenue to be approximately $6.93 billion, plus or minus $400 million. Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $2.00 to $2.36.
Positive Outlook
- Net revenue is expected to be approximately $6.93 billion, plus or minus $400 million.
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $2.00 to $2.36.
- Outlook excludes known charges related to completed acquisitions of $0.01 per share.
- Outlook includes the normalized tax benefit of share-based compensation of $0.01 per share.
- Outlook includes a net income tax benefit related to intra-entity intangible asset transfers of $0.02 per share.
Challenges Ahead
- The outlook does not reflect any items that are unknown at this time.
- The outlook does not include any additional charges related to acquisitions.
- The outlook does not include other non-operational or unusual items.
- The outlook does not include other tax-related items.
- The company is not able to predict these items without unreasonable efforts due to their inherent uncertainty.
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