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Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Applied Materials Inc., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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Jul 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Jan 26, 2020 Oct 27, 2019 Jul 28, 2019 Apr 28, 2019 Jan 27, 2019 Oct 28, 2018 Jul 29, 2018 Apr 29, 2018 Jan 28, 2018 Oct 29, 2017 Jul 30, 2017 Apr 30, 2017 Jan 29, 2017 Oct 30, 2016 Jul 31, 2016 May 1, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 Oct 25, 2015 Jul 26, 2015 Apr 26, 2015 Jan 25, 2015 Oct 26, 2014 Jul 27, 2014 Apr 27, 2014 Jan 26, 2014
Net fixed asset turnover 10.63 10.06 9.66 9.55 9.83 10.56 11.54 12.26 13.03 13.11 12.94 13.64 13.92 13.36 12.48 11.55 10.93 10.58 10.53 10.83 10.83 10.52 10.70 10.54 — — —
Total asset turnover 0.77 0.71 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.84 0.89 0.97 0.96 0.89 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.71 0.78 0.74 0.72 0.73 0.72 0.63 0.73 0.69 0.71 0.69 — — —
Equity turnover 1.70 1.71 1.73 1.78 1.83 1.92 2.05 2.52 2.52 2.34 1.82 1.55 1.59 1.58 1.54 1.50 1.45 1.46 1.33 1.27 1.20 1.12 1.14 1.15 — — —

Based on: 10-Q (filing date: 2020-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-02-20), 10-K (filing date: 2019-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-08-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-02-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-08-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-05-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-08-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-05-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-08-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-05-26), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-02-25), 10-K (filing date: 2015-12-09), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2014-12-17), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-08-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-05-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-02-20).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Applied Materials Inc.’s net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 and from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Applied Materials Inc.’s total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 but then improved from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020 exceeding Q1 2020 level.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Applied Materials Inc.’s equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 and from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Applied Materials Inc., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Jul 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Jan 26, 2020 Oct 27, 2019 Jul 28, 2019 Apr 28, 2019 Jan 27, 2019 Oct 28, 2018 Jul 29, 2018 Apr 29, 2018 Jan 28, 2018 Oct 29, 2017 Jul 30, 2017 Apr 30, 2017 Jan 29, 2017 Oct 30, 2016 Jul 31, 2016 May 1, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 Oct 25, 2015 Jul 26, 2015 Apr 26, 2015 Jan 25, 2015 Oct 26, 2014 Jul 27, 2014 Apr 27, 2014 Jan 26, 2014
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Net sales 4,395  3,957  4,162  3,754  3,562  3,539  3,753  4,014  4,468  4,567  4,204  3,969  3,744  3,546  3,278  3,297  2,821  2,450  2,257  2,368  2,490  2,442  2,359  2,264  2,265  2,353  2,190 
Property, plant and equipment, net 1,530  1,534  1,555  1,529  1,513  1,494  1,456  1,407  1,321  1,257  1,195  1,066  996  969  949  937  905  904  908  892  882  887  864  861  849  855  846 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 10.63 10.06 9.66 9.55 9.83 10.56 11.54 12.26 13.03 13.11 12.94 13.64 13.92 13.36 12.48 11.55 10.93 10.58 10.53 10.83 10.83 10.52 10.70 10.54 — — —
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. — 13.07 13.42 13.46 13.30 12.83 16.18 18.61 20.55 22.12 20.66 20.42 21.00 23.10 24.58 26.05 25.61 22.95 21.55 21.23 — — — — — — —
Analog Devices Inc. 4.87 4.66 4.77 4.91 5.03 5.15 5.27 5.37 5.55 5.39 5.06 4.61 4.16 3.68 5.78 5.38 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.33 — — — — — — —
Apple Inc. 7.67 7.47 7.23 6.96 6.88 6.67 6.61 6.43 6.70 7.05 7.10 6.79 7.63 8.12 8.23 7.98 8.66 9.81 10.54 10.40 10.61 10.53 9.80 8.86 — — —
Broadcom Inc. 9.04 8.74 8.66 8.81 8.53 8.22 7.94 7.91 7.51 7.22 6.85 6.79 5.82 5.89 5.90 5.28 4.25 3.57 4.62 4.67 4.72 4.54 4.09 3.69 — — —
Cisco Systems Inc. 19.95 19.67 19.48 18.61 18.11 17.34 17.00 16.41 15.78 15.45 14.92 14.45 14.29 14.19 13.98 14.05 14.01 14.65 14.82 14.75 — — — — — — —
Intel Corp. — 1.36 1.33 1.30 1.31 1.37 1.42 1.45 1.47 1.44 1.46 1.53 1.57 1.62 1.64 1.64 1.67 1.67 1.72 1.74 — — — — — — —
Lam Research Corp. 9.17 9.12 9.21 9.12 10.01 10.73 11.49 12.27 12.46 11.84 11.88 11.69 10.68 9.48 9.11 9.20 8.76 9.17 8.96 8.46 — — — — — — —
Micron Technology Inc. 0.67 0.66 0.70 0.83 0.99 1.14 1.27 1.28 1.24 1.18 1.12 1.05 0.92 0.77 0.85 0.84 0.97 1.16 1.35 1.53 1.71 1.84 1.85 1.88 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 6.60 6.86 7.28 8.34 9.61 10.22 10.30 9.74 14.96 14.44 13.99 13.26 12.20 11.21 10.78 10.75 10.19 9.62 8.65 8.40 — — — — — — —
Qualcomm Inc. 5.74 7.37 7.73 7.88 8.32 7.21 7.33 7.64 7.43 7.01 6.94 6.93 7.13 7.58 10.47 10.21 9.75 9.46 9.64 9.98 10.30 10.90 10.65 10.65 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 4.28 4.37 4.35 4.45 4.53 4.70 4.96 5.18 5.49 5.61 5.62 5.70 5.64 5.50 5.32 5.17 5.04 5.03 5.01 — — — — — — —

Based on: 10-Q (filing date: 2020-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-02-20), 10-K (filing date: 2019-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-08-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-02-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-08-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-05-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-08-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-05-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-08-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-05-26), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-02-25), 10-K (filing date: 2015-12-09), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2014-12-17), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-08-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-05-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-02-20).

1 Q3 2020 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (Net salesQ3 2020 + Net salesQ2 2020 + Net salesQ1 2020 + Net salesQ4 2019) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net
= (4,395 + 3,957 + 4,162 + 3,754) ÷ 1,530 = 10.63

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Applied Materials Inc.’s net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 and from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020.

Total Asset Turnover

Applied Materials Inc., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Jul 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Jan 26, 2020 Oct 27, 2019 Jul 28, 2019 Apr 28, 2019 Jan 27, 2019 Oct 28, 2018 Jul 29, 2018 Apr 29, 2018 Jan 28, 2018 Oct 29, 2017 Jul 30, 2017 Apr 30, 2017 Jan 29, 2017 Oct 30, 2016 Jul 31, 2016 May 1, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 Oct 25, 2015 Jul 26, 2015 Apr 26, 2015 Jan 25, 2015 Oct 26, 2014 Jul 27, 2014 Apr 27, 2014 Jan 26, 2014
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Net sales 4,395  3,957  4,162  3,754  3,562  3,539  3,753  4,014  4,468  4,567  4,204  3,969  3,744  3,546  3,278  3,297  2,821  2,450  2,257  2,368  2,490  2,442  2,359  2,264  2,265  2,353  2,190 
Total assets 21,171  21,815  19,767  19,024  18,805  18,775  18,922  17,773  17,883  18,498  19,663  19,419  19,078  18,240  15,244  14,588  13,699  13,075  13,326  15,308  13,153  13,587  13,073  13,174  12,851  12,555  12,199 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.77 0.71 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.84 0.89 0.97 0.96 0.89 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.71 0.78 0.74 0.72 0.73 0.72 0.63 0.73 0.69 0.71 0.69 — — —
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. — 1.16 1.24 1.12 1.15 1.15 1.24 1.42 1.50 1.59 1.59 1.51 1.38 1.37 1.34 1.29 1.14 1.17 1.27 1.28 — — — — — — —
Analog Devices Inc. 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.29 0.27 0.24 0.22 0.15 0.36 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.49 — — — — — — —
Apple Inc. 0.86 0.84 0.79 0.77 0.80 0.76 0.70 0.73 0.73 0.67 0.59 0.61 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.72 0.75 0.80 0.80 0.82 0.81 0.76 0.79 — — —
Broadcom Inc. 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.33 0.32 0.31 0.30 0.42 0.40 0.36 0.35 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.31 0.26 0.22 0.17 0.65 0.64 0.66 0.58 0.49 0.41 — — —
Cisco Systems Inc. 0.55 0.57 0.56 0.53 0.53 0.50 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.44 0.44 0.43 — — — — — — —
Intel Corp. — 0.52 0.51 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.50 0.51 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.54 — — — — — — —
Lam Research Corp. 0.74 0.80 0.77 0.80 0.81 1.01 1.00 0.89 0.75 0.74 0.71 0.66 0.61 0.55 0.47 0.48 0.58 0.61 0.59 0.56 — — — — — — —
Micron Technology Inc. 0.39 0.39 0.42 0.48 0.58 0.63 0.71 0.70 0.67 0.63 0.62 0.58 0.52 0.46 0.47 0.45 0.47 0.55 0.61 0.67 0.67 0.71 0.75 0.73 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 0.63 0.69 0.77 0.88 0.91 0.92 0.96 0.86 0.91 0.89 0.80 0.70 0.64 0.73 0.73 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.65 0.65 — — — — — — —
Qualcomm Inc. 0.62 0.77 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.62 0.63 0.70 0.37 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.48 0.50 0.51 0.58 0.56 0.55 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 0.78 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.88 0.89 0.92 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.81 0.82 0.82 0.80 — — — — — — —

Based on: 10-Q (filing date: 2020-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-02-20), 10-K (filing date: 2019-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-08-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-02-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-08-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-05-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-08-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-05-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-08-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-05-26), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-02-25), 10-K (filing date: 2015-12-09), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2014-12-17), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-08-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-05-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-02-20).

1 Q3 2020 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (Net salesQ3 2020 + Net salesQ2 2020 + Net salesQ1 2020 + Net salesQ4 2019) ÷ Total assets
= (4,395 + 3,957 + 4,162 + 3,754) ÷ 21,171 = 0.77

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Applied Materials Inc.’s total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 but then improved from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020 exceeding Q1 2020 level.

Equity Turnover

Applied Materials Inc., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Jul 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Jan 26, 2020 Oct 27, 2019 Jul 28, 2019 Apr 28, 2019 Jan 27, 2019 Oct 28, 2018 Jul 29, 2018 Apr 29, 2018 Jan 28, 2018 Oct 29, 2017 Jul 30, 2017 Apr 30, 2017 Jan 29, 2017 Oct 30, 2016 Jul 31, 2016 May 1, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 Oct 25, 2015 Jul 26, 2015 Apr 26, 2015 Jan 25, 2015 Oct 26, 2014 Jul 27, 2014 Apr 27, 2014 Jan 26, 2014
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Net sales 4,395  3,957  4,162  3,754  3,562  3,539  3,753  4,014  4,468  4,567  4,204  3,969  3,744  3,546  3,278  3,297  2,821  2,450  2,257  2,368  2,490  2,442  2,359  2,264  2,265  2,353  2,190 
Stockholders’ equity 9,569  9,024  8,660  8,214  8,116  8,201  8,209  6,839  6,825  7,042  8,506  9,349  8,716  8,212  7,687  7,217  6,819  6,565  7,168  7,613  7,977  8,351  8,072  7,868  7,684  7,475  7,241 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 1.70 1.71 1.73 1.78 1.83 1.92 2.05 2.52 2.52 2.34 1.82 1.55 1.59 1.58 1.54 1.50 1.45 1.46 1.33 1.27 1.20 1.12 1.14 1.15 — — —
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. — 2.31 2.39 2.38 2.77 3.09 3.41 5.11 5.81 7.42 8.38 8.72 9.53 11.08 10.82 10.27 10.71 — — — — — — — — — —
Analog Devices Inc. 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.55 0.50 0.46 0.40 0.69 0.66 0.68 0.70 0.69 0.68 — — — — — — —
Apple Inc. 3.79 3.42 2.99 2.88 2.69 2.44 2.22 2.48 2.22 1.95 1.71 1.71 1.69 1.64 1.65 1.68 1.74 1.74 1.83 1.96 1.79 1.64 1.62 1.64 — — —
Broadcom Inc. 0.98 0.96 0.93 0.91 1.04 0.98 0.92 0.78 0.74 0.61 0.73 0.87 0.85 0.84 0.82 0.70 0.56 0.45 1.36 1.45 1.54 1.50 1.43 1.32 — — —
Cisco Systems Inc. 1.42 1.45 1.51 1.55 1.39 1.25 1.15 1.14 1.04 0.93 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.83 0.82 — — — — — — —
Intel Corp. — 0.96 0.99 0.93 0.95 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.95 0.91 0.91 0.88 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.91 — — — — — — —
Lam Research Corp. 2.12 2.18 1.92 2.07 1.97 1.88 2.05 1.70 1.51 1.56 1.22 1.18 1.07 1.00 0.96 1.00 1.02 1.06 1.07 1.03 — — — — — — —
Micron Technology Inc. 0.54 0.53 0.57 0.65 0.76 0.87 0.93 0.94 0.98 1.01 1.03 1.09 1.08 1.03 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.12 1.22 1.32 1.35 1.36 1.45 1.52 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 0.89 0.99 1.11 1.25 1.31 1.35 1.42 1.30 1.41 1.40 1.23 1.20 1.15 1.21 1.23 1.12 1.09 1.14 1.04 1.06 — — — — — — —
Qualcomm Inc. 6.05 8.13 5.43 4.94 4.62 5.49 5.95 24.50 0.99 0.95 0.93 0.73 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.79 0.80 0.80 0.73 0.69 0.68 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 1.79 1.83 1.61 1.64 1.80 1.83 1.75 1.50 1.47 1.44 1.45 1.33 1.32 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.31 — — — — — — —

Based on: 10-Q (filing date: 2020-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2020-02-20), 10-K (filing date: 2019-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-08-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-02-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-12-13), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-08-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-05-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-08-24), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-05-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2016-12-15), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-08-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-05-26), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-02-25), 10-K (filing date: 2015-12-09), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-08-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-05-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2014-12-17), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-08-21), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-05-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-02-20).

1 Q3 2020 Calculation
Equity turnover = (Net salesQ3 2020 + Net salesQ2 2020 + Net salesQ1 2020 + Net salesQ4 2019) ÷ Stockholders’ equity
= (4,395 + 3,957 + 4,162 + 3,754) ÷ 9,569 = 1.70

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Applied Materials Inc.’s equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 and from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020.