Applied Materials Inc AMAT
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AMAT 27 trade records · 0 option records · 2025-01-06 → 2026-06-25Moat
ModerateThe only wafer fabrication equipment provider competing meaningfully across etch, deposition, and process control. Portfolio integration creates high switching costs. However, faces real competition from specialized rivals (Lam Research, Novellus) a…
Physical assets
StrongMajor U.S. facilities in Texas, Massachusetts, Montana, plus new $200M Chandler, Arizona site. Austin is the largest manufacturing and logistics hub (5,000+ employees, 500+ supplier network). Co-developing the EPIC Center (opening 2026) and $270M Ma…
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Growth. Broadest fab equipment portfolio captures both leading-edge AI chip and mature-node reshoring capex as $270M ASU Materials-to-Fab Center accelerates innovation cycles. Primary assets. Austin TX manufacturing hub (5,000+ employees), $200M Cha…
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Growth. Broadest fab equipment portfolio captures both leading-edge AI chip and mature-node reshoring capex as $270M ASU Materials-to-Fab Center accelerates innovation cycles. Primary assets. Austin TX manufacturing hub (5,000+ e…
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Major U.S. facilities in Texas, Massachusetts, Montana, plus new $200M Chandler, Arizona site. Austin is the largest manufacturing and logistics hub (5,000+ employees, 500+ supplier network). Co-developing the EPIC Center (openin…
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The only wafer fabrication equipment provider competing meaningfully across etch, deposition, and process control. Portfolio integration creates high switching costs. However, faces real competition from specialized rivals (Lam R…
| Date | Action | Type | Relative size |
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| 2026-06-25 | SELL | Equity | +100% |
| 2026-02-26 | BUY | Equity | +22% |
| 2026-01-09 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
| 2026-01-09 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
| 2026-01-08 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
| 2026-01-07 | BUY | Equity | +0% |
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| 2025-11-06 | BUY | Equity | +0% |
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| 2025-02-20 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
| 2025-02-18 | BUY | Equity | +1% |
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Full portfolio moat / asset analysis
The only wafer fabrication equipment provider competing meaningfully across etch, deposition, and process control. Portfolio integration creates high switching costs. However, faces real competition from specialized rivals (Lam Research, Novellus) and has no single irreplaceable bottleneck like ASML. China (35% of revenue) faces export restrictions. Broad b…
Full portfolio moat / asset analysis
Major U.S. facilities in Texas, Massachusetts, Montana, plus new $200M Chandler, Arizona site. Austin is the largest manufacturing and logistics hub (5,000+ employees, 500+ supplier network). Co-developing the EPIC Center (opening 2026) and $270M Materials-to-Fab Center with ASU. Capital-intensive and specialized.