Applied Materials, Inc.

SWX:AMAT Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 205.1b

Applied Materials Valuation

Is AMAT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of AMAT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: AMAT (CHF258.08) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF122.63)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: AMAT is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AMAT?

Key metric: As AMAT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AMAT. This is calculated by dividing AMAT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AMAT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio38.2x
EarningsUS$7.00b
Market CapUS$267.29b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AMAT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AMAT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.5x
LRCX Lam Research
50x13.95%US$299.8b
KLAC KLA
52.2x11.79%US$213.8b
8035 Tokyo Electron
34.9x10.56%JP¥18.9t
ASML ASML Holding
48.9x15.24%€460.3b
AMAT Applied Materials
38.2x10.54%CHF 267.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AMAT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.2x) compared to the peer average (46.3x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AMAT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Semiconductor Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AMAT 38.2xIndustry Avg. 41.3xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AMAT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.2x) compared to the European Semiconductor industry average (42x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AMAT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AMAT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio38.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AMAT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AMAT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 258.08
CHF 242.17
-6.17%
21.50%CHF 324.05CHF 144.87n/a33
Jan ’27CHF 205.46
CHF 206.24
+0.38%
15.77%CHF 284.27CHF 142.13n/a32
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 196.18
0%
13.54%CHF 241.45CHF 136.82n/a32
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 176.92
0%
14.11%CHF 213.23CHF 128.74n/a31
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 157.77
0%
9.80%CHF 191.40CHF 127.60n/a31
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 155.70
0%
9.74%CHF 192.04CHF 128.03n/a31
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 163.73
0%
10.77%CHF 200.80CHF 122.09n/a32
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 156.01
0%
12.82%CHF 198.09CHF 95.08n/a34
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 162.93
0%
10.99%CHF 205.78CHF 125.11n/a33
May ’26n/a
CHF 167.06
0%
12.82%CHF 206.99CHF 125.85n/a33
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 181.94
0%
11.17%CHF 220.45CHF 144.62n/a33
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 187.09
0%
10.68%CHF 225.71CHF 148.06n/a33
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 190.66
0%
11.93%CHF 226.05CHF 148.29n/a34
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 192.29
0%
12.29%CHF 225.56CHF 139.85CHF 205.4633
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 192.16
0%
10.91%CHF 220.75CHF 136.86n/a31
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 199.62
0%
10.34%CHF 242.53CHF 160.25n/a31
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 198.70
0%
10.40%CHF 236.96CHF 156.57n/a31
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 202.96
0%
9.80%CHF 238.06CHF 164.09n/a31
Aug ’25n/a
CHF 215.75
0%
11.30%CHF 263.30CHF 147.45n/a31
Jul ’25n/a
CHF 212.69
0%
11.23%CHF 270.92CHF 151.71n/a31
Jun ’25n/a
CHF 209.00
0%
11.15%CHF 234.90CHF 149.07n/a31
May ’25n/a
CHF 202.43
0%
13.05%CHF 238.98CHF 139.71n/a31
Apr ’25n/a
CHF 187.31
0%
14.93%CHF 220.90CHF 121.94n/a31
Mar ’25n/a
CHF 184.55
0%
14.97%CHF 219.66CHF 121.25n/a31
Feb ’25n/a
CHF 146.94
0%
9.46%CHF 185.26CHF 118.91n/a31
Jan ’25n/a
CHF 142.87
0%
9.67%CHF 160.46CHF 104.08n/a31
CHF 243.41
Fair Value
6.0% overvalued intrinsic discount
33
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/29 20:20
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/29 00:00
Earnings2025/10/26
Annual Earnings2025/10/26

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Applied Materials, Inc. is covered by 52 analysts. 34 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James FontanelliArete Research Services LLP
Brett SimpsonArete Research Services LLP
James KelleherArgus Research Company