Applied Materials (AMAT)

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2nd quarter results:

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=71531464

Excerpt:

"Second quarter orders were $3.45 billion, up 52 percent sequentially and up 37 percent year over year. Backlog increased to $4.17 billion. Net sales of $2.45 billion were up 9 percent sequentially, flat year over year, and near the high end of guidance.

The company recorded gross margin of 41.0 percent, operating margin of 17.3 percent, and net income of $320 million or $0.29 per diluted share. On a non-GAAP adjusted basis, the company reported second quarter gross margin of 42.7 percent, operating margin of 19.2 percent, and net income of $376 million or $0.34 per diluted share.

The company generated $481 million in cash from operations during the second quarter, paid dividends of $113 million and used $900 million to repurchase 45 million shares of common stock.

“In our second quarter we booked our highest orders in 15 years and we expect to deliver record earnings in fiscal 2016,” said Gary Dickerson, president and CEO. “We are making significant progress with our strategy in semiconductor, display and service, and have a great pipeline of differentiated products that will fuel future growth.”.....