Earnings Call Insights: Applied Materials (AMAT) Q2 fiscal 2026 Management View "In our second fiscal quarter, Applied Materials delivered record revenue and earnings, along with our highest gross margin in more than 25 years." (President, CEO & Executive Director Gary Dickerson) "As customers find new ways to reallocate or create space, we are seeing incremental requests for equipment deliveries ...
Earnings Call Insights: Applied Materials (AMAT) Q2 fiscal 2026 Management View "In our second fiscal quarter, Applied Materials delivered record revenue and earnings, along with our highest gross margin in more than 25 years." (President, CEO & Executive Director Gary Dickerson) "As customers find new ways to reallocate or create space, we are seeing incremental requests for equipment deliveries in 2026, and we now expect our semiconductor equipment business will grow more than 30% this calendar year." (President, CEO & Executive Director Gary Dickerson) "We expect to grow our packaging revenues more than 50% in calendar 2026" and "we recently announced our intent to acquire NEXX to further strengthen Applied's portfolio of panel-level technologies." (President, CEO & Executive Director Gary Dickerson) "Earlier this week, we announced our EPIC co-development engagement with TSMC, who joined as a founding partner together with Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix." (President, CEO & Executive Director Gary Dickerson) "We generated record revenue of $7.91 billion" and "delivered record non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.86." (Senior VP, CFO & leads Global Information Services Brice Hill) Outlook "We expect company revenue of $8.95 billion, plus or minus $500 million" and "we expect non-GAAP EPS of $3.36 plus or minus $0.20." (Senior VP, CFO Hill) "Within this outlook, we expect Semiconductor Systems revenue of around $6.9 billion, AGS revenue of about $1.75 billion and other revenue of around $300 million." (Senior VP, CFO Hill) "We expect non-GAAP gross margin to increase modestly to approximately 50.1%" and "we expect non-GAAP operating expenses of around $1.485 billion." (Senior VP, CFO Hill) Compared with the prior quarter’s framing, management raised its 2026 growth view in explicit terms: "we now expect our semiconductor equipment business will grow more than 30% this calendar year" (President, CEO & Executive Director Dickerson) versus Q1: "we expect to grow our semico...
The United Arab Emirates is building a new pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and plans to have it in operation by 2027. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. will double its oil export capacity through the port of Fujairah once it completes the project, helping meet global demand, according to a statement from the emirate’s media office posted on X. Read: UAE Port Ramps Up Hormuz-Dodging Oil Flows Afte...
The United Arab Emirates is building a new pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and plans to have it in operation by 2027. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. will double its oil export capacity through the port of Fujairah once it completes the project, helping meet global demand, according to a statement from the emirate’s media office posted on X. Read: UAE Port Ramps Up Hormuz-Dodging Oil Flows After Iranian Strikes
3 Beaten-Down Stocks With Rebound Potential This Earnings SeasonGlobant (NYSE:GLOB) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue above its guidance range and said it is seeing early signs of improvement in demand as clients prioritize artificial intelligence-led transformation projects.
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Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Donald Trump said he made “fantastic trade deals” with Xi Jinping as the leaders wrapped up their summit in Be...
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Donald Trump said he made “fantastic trade deals” with Xi Jinping as the leaders wrapped up their summit in Beijing, though few concrete agreements emerged. Trump told Fox News that Xi offered to help on Iran, which Beijing has not confirmed. China has urged the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. And in the UK, another potential challenge to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership from one of the nation's most popular Labour Party politicians, Andy Burnham, was enough to send the pound tumbling. Today's guest: Hetal Mehta, St James’s Place, Chief Economist. (Source: Bloomberg)
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