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Sentiment · FY2026 Q2
| Analyst | Firm | Questions | ChallengePercentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy Rasgon | Bernstein | 11 | 27% |
| CJ Muse | Cantor Fitzgerald | 10 | 10% |
| Tim Arcuri | UBS | 9 | 22% |
| Harlan Sur | JPMorgan | 9 | 11% |
| Vivek Arya | Bank of America | 9 | 0% |
| Krish Sankar | TD Cowen | 8 | 0% |
| Atif Malik | Citigroup | 7 | 0% |
| Joe Quatrochi | Wells Fargo | 6 | 0% |
| Melissa Weathers | Deutsche Bank | 6 | 0% |
| Jim Schneider | Goldman Sachs | 6 | 0% |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions | ChallengePercentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernstein | 1 | 11 | 27% |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | 1 | 10 | 10% |
| TD Cowen | 2 | 9 | 0% |
| Bank of America | 1 |
| 9 |
| 0% |
| JPMorgan | 1 | 9 | 11% |
| UBS | 1 | 9 | 22% |
| Goldman Sachs | 2 | 8 | 0% |
| Citigroup | 1 | 7 | 0% |
Applied Materials surged to record Q2 revenue of $7.91 billion up 11% year-over-year with record non-GAAP EPS of $2.86 growing 20%, as AI-driven equipment demand accelerated and gross margins crossed 50% for the first time. Leading-edge foundry logic market leadership strengthened as GAA adoption broadened across multiple customers. Management raised the calendar 2026 equipment growth outlook to more than 30%, reflecting the structural pull from AI infrastructure investment.
Demand | Innovation & R&D | Revenue Growth | Capex Investment | Competitive Dynamics | Margin | Trade Tariffs | Pricing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2025Q1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025Q2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025Q3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2025Q4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2026Q1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026Q2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | '26Q2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand | 10 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| Innovation & R&D | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Revenue Growth | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Capex Investment | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Competitive Dynamics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Margin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Trade Tariffs | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pricing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
AMAT Applied Materials | 9 | +11.4% | |
| ADI Analog Devices | 9 | +37.3% | |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 9 | +37.9% | |
| ARM Arm Holdings | 7 | +20.1% | |
| ASML ASML Holding | 9 | +13.3% | |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 9 | +29.5% | |
| INTC Intel Corporation | 6 | +7.2% | |
| KLAC KLA Corporation | 7 | +11.5% | |
| LRCX Lam Research | 9 | +23.8% | |
| MCHP Microchip Technology | 9 | +35.1% | |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems | 10 | +26.1% | |
| MRVL Marvell Technology | 10 | +27.6% | |
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 9 | +196.3% | |
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation | 9 | +85.2% | |
| NXPI NXP Semiconductors | 7 | +12.2% | |
| ON ON Semiconductor | 6 | +4.7% | |
| Q Qnity Electronics, Inc. | 10 | +17.6% | |
| QCOM Qualcomm | 3 | -3.5% | |
| SWKS Skyworks Solutions | 3 | -1.0% | |
| TER Teradyne | 9 | +87.0% | |
| TXN Texas Instruments | 9 | +18.6% |