Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) - Bull of the Day

Applied Materials (AMAT) is one of the world's largest suppliers of fabrication equipment to semiconductor, LCD and solar PV cell manufacturers. Applied's product breadth, strong position in China, improving trends across served markets, new design wins, market share gains, management execution and solid financials are the reasons for our positive opinion on the shares.

Management's decision to discontinue the thin film business also makes sense, in our opinion. Although it is apparent that the equipment cycle has peaked, we expect the company to outperform its peers this year.

We are, therefore, upgrading AMAT shares to Outperform. Our target price of $18 (14.4x P/E) supports this view.
 
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