APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE vs NVIDIA CORP, two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMAT and NVDA diverge most: on revenue growth, AMAT reads +3.4% and NVDA reads +69.1%; on dividend yield, AMAT reads 0.3% and NVDA reads 0.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMAT's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What NVDA's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AMAT | NVDA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $602.31 | $210.99 |
| Market cap | $481.2B | $5.15T |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 56.7 | 32.3 |
| P/B | 20.13 | 26.33 |
| P/S | 16.58 | 20.30 |
| EV/EBITDA | 56.2 | 31.5 |
| Revenue growth | +3.4% | +69.1% |
| Gross margin | 49.9% | 74.9% |
| Operating margin | 31.9% | 65.6% |
| Net margin | 27.3% | 54.3% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% | 70.4% |
| Return on assets | 19.6% | 53.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.8% | 66.1% |
| FCF yield | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.27 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 2.51 | 3.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.39 | 9.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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