Applied Materials, Inc. Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q2 FY2025 net revenue: $7.1B, up 7% year-over-year, reflecting strong demand in leading-edge semiconductors.
  • Record non-GAAP EPS: $2.39, up 14% year-over-year.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin: 49.2%, up 170 basis points year-over-year and highest since FY2000, driven by favorable product mix.
  • Strength primarily from leading-edge foundry-logic investments tied to AI demand, with NAND upgrades offsetting DRAM declines.
  • AGS (services) revenue: $1.57B, up 2% year-over-year, despite China-related trade restrictions and weaker 200mm equipment demand.

Market and Strategic Commentary

  • AI remains the largest secular driver, with multi-decade infrastructure buildout still in early stages.
  • Leading-edge foundry and DRAM spending accelerating through 2025; China spending down due to trade restrictions.
  • Applied continues growing outside China at faster-than-peer rates due to strong positions in leading-edge logic and DRAM.
  • Services business: core parts and services expected to grow low double digits in 2025, despite China headwinds; recurring revenue at ~90% of services.
  • Innovations such as the Sym3 Magnum etch system and Cold Field Emission eBeam inspection contributing to share gains and record PDC revenue.
  • EPIC Center (new flagship R&D facility) on schedule for Spring 2026.

Segment Performance (Year-over-Year)

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Operator: Welcome to the Applied Materials Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call. During the prepared remarks, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, there will be a question-and-answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Liz Morali, Vice President of Investor Relations. Liz, you may begin. Thank you. Liz Morali: Thank you. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for today’s call. With me today are Gary Dickerson, President and CEO; and Brice Hill, CFO. Before we continue, let me remind you that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including predictions, estimates, projections, or other statements about future events. Actual results may differ materially from those mentioned in these forward-looking statements, as a result of risks and uncertainties. Information concerning these risks and uncertainties is discussed in our most recent Form 10-K,10-Q and 8-K filings with the SEC. We do not intend to update any forward-looking statements. During today's call, we will also reference non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP results can be found in today's earnings press release and in our quarterly earnings materials, which are available on our Investor Relations website at ir.appliedmaterials.com. I will now turn the call over to Gary. Gary Dickerson: Thanks, Liz. In our second fiscal quarter of 2025, Applied Materials delivered strong

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