Applied Materials, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Company Overview

  • Applied Materials delivered results above guidance midpoint, completing its sixth consecutive year of growth.
  • Fiscal 2025 revenue grew 4% year-over-year to 28.4 billion dollars; non-GAAP EPS increased 9%.
  • Strong performance driven by advanced systems mix, pricing actions, and leadership in critical semiconductor inflections.
  • Trade restrictions significantly limited China-related revenue, particularly in DRAM, NAND, and ICAPS segments.

Key Financial Metrics (Fiscal 2025 vs Fiscal 2024)

  • Total revenue: 28.4 billion dollars, up 4%.
  • Semiconductor Systems revenue: up 4% despite China restrictions.
  • Applied Global Services revenue: record 6.4 billion dollars, up 3%.
  • Display revenue: up 20%.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin: 48.8%, up 120 basis points—highest in 25 years.
  • Free cash flow: 5.7 billion dollars; capital spend elevated at 2.3 billion dollars, largely for EPIC Center.
  • Returned 6.3 billion dollars to shareholders (1.4 billion in dividends; 4.9 billion in buybacks).

Q4 Fiscal 2025 Highlights

  • Revenue and EPS above midpoint of guidance.
  • China represented 29% of total revenue, down from a peak of 45% in Q1 FY24.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin up 60 basis points year-over-year.

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Operator: Welcome to the Applied Materials Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2025 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Mike Sullivan, Corporate Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Michael Sullivan: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining today's call. With me are Gary Dickerson, our President and CEO; and Brice Hill, our Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that today's call includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ. Information concerning these risks and uncertainties is discussed in our most recent Form 10-Q and other filings with the SEC. Today's call also includes non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations to GAAP measures 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. And with that introduction, I'd now like to turn the call over to Gary Dickerson. Gary Dickerson: Welcome back, Mike. Applied Materials delivered fiscal fourth quarter results above the midpoint of our guidance to complete another record year. 2025 was our sixth consecutive year of growth. And over this period, we have grown revenue and earnings at annualized rates of approximately 12% and 20%. These results are made possible by our passionate and dedicated employees around the world. Over the past 12 months

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