Applied Materials (AMAT)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Applied Materials (AMAT) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 100% agree 2 votes   "Growth tied to recent acquisitions of Applied Films, Brooks Software" Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.17 | Edit | History AMAT's current growth opportunities are closely tied with the success of the companies recent acquisitions of Applied Films, Brooks Software, and eventually HCT Shaping Systems. If these acquisitions are not successful then AMAT has few other growth possibilities. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Growth tied to recent acquisitions of Applied Films, Brooks Software Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.17 | Edit | History AMAT's current growth opportunities are closely tied with the success of the companies recent acquisitions of Applied Films, Brooks Software, and eventually HCT Shaping Systems. If these acquisitions are not successful then AMAT has few other growth possibilities. (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 4 votes   Increasing chip complexity raises design costs Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.17 | Edit | History Increasing chip complexity raises design costs and that coupled with increased fab construction costs could deter many semiconductor companies from investing in new chip designs. This results in fewer customers for AMAT. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   AMAT is at the mercy of the deeply cyclical semiconductor industry Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.17 | Edit | History AMAT is at the mercy of the deeply cyclical semiconductor industry. The last major downturn was in 2000. (100 character max) Cancel

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