Applied Materials forecasts quarterly revenue slightly above estimates; shares fall
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Aug 15 (Reuters) -Applied Materials AMAT.O forecast fourth-quarter revenue slightly above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, anticipating a surge in AI-fueled demand for its chip-making equipment.
But shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company were down 2.8% in extended trading after having closed about 5% higher.
"I think some of the aftermarket pullback is based on how much the stock went up today... the mixed sales report from China and the wide variance in their fourth-quarter forecast," said Michael Ashley Schulman, chief investment officer at Running Point Capital.
"Some analysts may have been looking for a more robust next-quarter forecast."
Booming demand for AI-powered chips has increased the need for sophisticated and expensive wafer fabrication equipment essential for chip manufacturing, benefiting companies such as Applied Materials.
A rise indemand for high-performance computing and data centers has also boosted the need for memory semiconductors such as dynamic random access memory.
The largestU.S. semiconductor equipment maker expects fourth-quarter revenue of about $6.93 billion, plus or minus $400 million, compared with analysts' average estimate of $6.92 billion, according to LSEG data.
It forecast adjusted profit per share between$2.00 and $2.36, compared with an estimate of $2.14 per share.
Applied Materials, which supplies chipmaking tools to Samsung Electronics 005930.KS, TSMC 2330.TW and Intel INTC.O, competes with Lam Research LRCX.O, Dutch firm ASML ASML.AS and KLA Corp KLAC.O.
The company reported third-quarter revenue of $6.78 billion, beating an average estimate of $6.67 billion. Revenue from China fell 24% sequentially, to $2.15 billion.
Its adjusted profit per share was $2.12 per share, compared with the estimate of $2.02.
Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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