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AMAT (Applied Materials) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jul. 04, 2025)


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What is Applied Materials Moat Score?

Applied Materials has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Applied Materials has Wide Moat: Applied Materials Inc has a dominant market position with strong intellectual property and significant customer switching costs. Its economies of scale and consistent innovation provide robust competitive advantages, resulting in a clear and robust wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Applied Materials might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Applied Materials's Moat Score

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Applied Materials's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Applied Materials's Moat Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Applied Materials's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Applied Materials's Moat Score falls into.


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Applied Materials  (NAS:AMAT) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Applied Materials Business Description

Industry
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Traded in Other Exchanges
AMAT:Mexico 1AMAT:Italy AP2d:UK 0R1A:UK AP2:Germany AP2:Germany AP2:Germany AP2:Germany AMAT:Canada A1MT34:Brazil AMAT:Austria AMAT:Argentina
Address
3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95052-8039
Website
https://www.appliedmaterials.com
Applied Materials Inc is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.
Executives
Gary E Dickerson director, officer: President and CEO
Thomas J Iannotti director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Prabu G. Raja officer: SVP, Semi. Products Group C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Teri A. Little officer: SVP, CLO ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA 95035
Brice Hill officer: SVP, CFO 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
Omkaram Nalamasu officer: Senior VP, CTO C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Timothy M Deane officer: GVP, Applied Global Services C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVE, PO BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Xun Chen director 35 DORY RD., GLOUCESTER MA 01930
Kevin P March director 12500 TI BLVD, DALLAS TX 75243
Jeff Bodner officer: CVP, Corp. Controller & CAO C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE CA 97070
Daniel Durn officer: Senior VP C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Ginetto Addiego officer: SVP, Engineering 4000 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Rani Borkar director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVE, PO BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Alexander Karsner director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Stephen R Forrest director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039