Applied Materials Inc
Held by 9 superinvestors (AMAT).
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Valuation
Valuation · two methods
Earnings Power & Asset Floor
Two intrinsic-value methods and a tangible asset floor — deterministic, not price forecasts or recommendations.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT): Two methods value the business — a conservative owner-earnings DCF and a growth-credited Greenwald estimate, $77–$133 / sh. Today’s price sits above both (price $603 as of 2026-07-02).
Capex is in a steep ramp (heavy build-ahead investment) — owner earnings carry extra uncertainty, so read the value range with that caveat.
Model cautions
- Owner-earnings yield diverges sharply from the 10-year Treasury (over 300 bps).
An observation from two valuation methods — not investment advice, not a buy/sell signal, and not a price target.
Price as of 2026-07-02 · yahoo · DGS10 4.4% @ 2026-06-25.
Method & numbers
Owner-earnings DCF $76.84 – $117.77 · Greenwald $107.82 – $132.68 (neutral $119.44) · zero-growth base $97.42 · reproduction $32.31
Moat Franchise (moat) · terminal value 40% of present value · owner-earnings yield 1% vs 10Y 4.4%.
Graham earnings-power value (normalized NOPAT)$79.87 – $97.42 / sh
Normalized NOPAT = average operating margin over the years shown × latest-year revenue × (1 − normalized tax); then + D&A − maintenance capex (write A). Unlevered (pre-interest, attributable to all capital). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a WACC proxy). Enterprise → equity bridge applied: + cash − total debt.
Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
v1 simplifications: Maintenance capex (degraded) deducted in full cash (write A): EPV = (NOPAT + D&A − maintenance capex) / WACC; no tax shield on the capex term. Capex doubled within two years (AI-hog rule): maintenance capex floored at 50% of current capex; EPV is correspondingly pressed down. Maintenance-capex methods diverge by 369% (> 50%); estimate is degraded. Capex doubled within two years (AI-hog rule): flagged; the spike is treated as growth, not maintenance — owner earnings carry extra uncertainty. Share-based compensation is left as a real expense (not added back). Operating margin is below its multi-year average (cyclical/declining): normalized margin capped at the latest year — no peak-margin capitalization (audit #2).
Buffett owner-earnings value$74.98 – $91.64 / sh
Owner earnings = average net income + average D&A − maintenance capex (zero-growth floor; no ΔNWC). Levered (starts from net income, already after interest — an equity-holder stream). Capitalized at the 9–11% rate band (read as a cost-of-equity proxy). No enterprise→equity bridge: the capitalized result is already equity value (subtracting debt would double-count interest).
Years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
v1 simplifications: Owner earnings = net income + D&A − maintenance capex (degraded); the working-capital change is excluded (maintenance ΔNWC ≈ 0; growth ΔNWC is carried in growth value, not double-counted). Capex doubled within two years (AI-hog rule): maintenance capex floored at 50% of current capex. One-time items are not separately normalized (multi-year averaging smooths them partially). Share-based compensation is left as a real expense (not added back); see the SBC/OE disclosure. Capitalized at the same 9–11% band as a cost-of-equity proxy (theoretically the cost of equity is higher; v2 simplification, v3 to refine).
Reproduction value = tangible net assets $16.48B + capitalized R&D $9.62B（FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021） = $32.31 / sh. Reproduction value = tangible net assets (equity − goodwill − intangibles) + capitalized R&D (5y straight-line), ÷ diluted shares.
Moat reading: Franchise test compares earnings power (EPV) against reproduction value (tangible net assets + capitalized R&D). EPV well above reproduction value signals a moat; near it, a commodity; below it, value destruction. A directional reading, not a verdict.
Growth value: if the moat holds for 10 yr at ROIIC ≈ 37%, $10.40–$35.25 / sh (neutral $22.02). Conservative, not a forecast.
Window FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · discount band 9%–11% · normalized tax 15% (Average effective tax rate over 5 year(s), capped at the statutory 21%.) · diluted shares.
Owner-earnings DCF: growth g₁ 4% · OE FY 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 · Discount band: 8.90%–12.00% (DGS10 +4.5% to a 12% strict end, as of 2026-06-25). No enterprise→equity bridge: owner earnings already flow to shareholders (post-interest), so no net cash is added and no debt subtracted — matching the engine owner-earnings lamp. Two-method midpoint gap 18%.
Ownership · 13F consensus
Who's buying it
Institutional ownership aggregated across funds — consensus strength and this quarter's moves. Describes actions, not advice.
9 superinvestors hold it · $2.02B combined
Largest holder Chase Coleman
Held by 9 superinvestors of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT); this quarter 3 added, 4 trimmed, 1 exited (as of 2026-03-31).
13F positions are self-reported and can lag up to 45 days. Informational only — not investment advice.
Next · is it cheap
AMAT's price is not below its conservative value band.
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- Value$520.2MWeight (prev→now)4.1% → 3.5% ▼
- Value$409.2MWeight (prev→now)4.9% → 1.9% ▼
- Value$297.3MWeight (prev→now)3.1% → 3.4% ▼
- Value$191.4MWeight (prev→now)0.4% → 0.9% ▲
- Value$20.0MWeight (prev→now)1.7% → 1.8% ▼
- Value$12.4MWeight (prev→now)0.1% → 0.1% ▲
- Value$751,938Weight (prev→now)0.0% → 0.0%
- Value$328,460Weight (prev→now)0.0% → 0.0%
Ownership overview
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is held by 9 of the superinvestors tracked on Compounder, with a combined $2.02B in reported 13F value. The largest position belongs to Chase Coleman, where it makes up 2.5% of the portfolio.
Other notable holders by value include William von Mueffling (3.5% of its book), Christopher Davis (1.9% of its book) and Lee Ainslie (3.4% of its book).
Over the latest quarter, 0 of the tracked filers opened a new position in AMAT, 3 added to existing ones, 4 trimmed, and 1 sold out entirely.
Holder counts and values reflect the most recent SEC Form 13F filings, through the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Source: SEC EDGAR. A 13F shows only long US-listed positions and can lag the real portfolio by up to 45 days, so this is disclosed long ownership, not a complete picture.
Holders over time
Superinvestors holding this security over the last 8 quarters: 6 → 9.
Early quarters may understate holder counts due to data backfill — read the slope with care.
Sources· SEC EDGAR 13F as of 2026-03-31 · filed 2026-05-15
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