Applied Materials (XSWX:AMAT) Forward Dividend Yield % : 2.18% (As of May. 22, 2024)

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What is Applied Materials Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-22), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Applied Materials is 2.18%.

As of today (2024-05-22), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Applied Materials is 1.62%.

XSWX:AMAT's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
73.21% of 530 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs XSWX:AMAT: 2.18

Applied Materials's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Apr. 2024 was CHF0.00.

During the past 12 months, Applied Materials's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Applied Materials was 58.70% per year. The lowest was 1.70% per year. And the median was 12.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Competitive Comparison of Applied Materials's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Applied Materials's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Applied Materials's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Applied Materials's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Applied Materials's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.

Applied Materials Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Applied Materials (XSWX:AMAT) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Applied Materials (XSWX:AMAT) Business Description

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3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95052-8039

Website

https://www.appliedmaterials.com

Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.