Applied Materials (AMAT)

Add a New Bulls Reason Company: Applied Materials (AMAT) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 66% agree 3 votes   Leading market share in the semiconductor equipment at 15% Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.58 | Edit | History AMAT holds the leading market share in the semiconductor equipment industry at 15%. They are the only company that can provide a product for almost every step of the manufacturing process. (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 4 votes   $250 million solar equipment deal with Moser Baer India Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.58 | Edit | History The $250 million solar equipment deal with Moser Baer India supports AMAT's competence in the solar equipment field. Potential growth in this segment is strong and AMAT initially expected to have made $500 million in solar equipment contracts by 2010. However, AMAT has soared past that intial estimate with a solar deal in 2008 worth $1.9 billion to build multiple solar panel factories for a private foreign company. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   R&D spend dwarfs competitors Top Contributor: Michael Luddy | Created when NASDAQ:AMAT was $20.58 | Edit | History AMAT's $1.14 billion R&D expenses allow the company to stay on the cutting edge of technology keeping up with the more complex chip designs and staying competitive with its more specialized competitors. (100 character max) Cancel

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