Investopedia: Applied Materials Still Waiting For Orders To Materialize

Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT) is an interesting company (and stock) today. With 3D chips on the way, it looks like the semiconductor equipment industry is looking at both a large increase in orders and a change in the sort of equipment that chip companies will need to stay on the leading edge. With strong share in equipment categories that should be essential to FinFETs, Applied Materials should be looking some strong years. But as this quarter highlights pretty clearly, there are a lot of unknowns about timing and investors are still a little hesitant about bidding up these shares ahead of the next cycle.

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