Applied Materials vs Qnity Electronics
AMAT and Q side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AMAT and Q compare
Applied Materials is the larger company, worth 12 times as much as Qnity Electronics ($294B against $24.8B).
On earnings, Applied Materials is cheaper: it trades at 32.0× trailing earnings, against 44.7× for Qnity Electronics.
Qnity Electronics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.7% versus 7.8% for Applied Materials).
Both pay dividends: Applied Materials yields 0.53% and Qnity Electronics 0.25%.
Applied Materials scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 7 for Qnity Electronics), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AMAT | Q |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $294B | $24.8B |
| Share price | $370.50 | $118.36 |
| Change, 1 year | 60.6% | 28.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 147% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.78 | 1.49 |
| Employees | 37K | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 32.0× (better) | 44.7× |
| P/S | 9.5× | 4.5× (better) |
| P/B | 11.5× | 3.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.3× | 22.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 52.3× | 31.9× (better) |
| PEG | 6.16 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 3.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $275.70 | $100.97 |
| Margin of safety | −34.4% | −17.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.8% | 17.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 35.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 38.3% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.4% (better) | 46.9% |
| Operating margin | 29.6% | – |
| Net margin | 30.1% | – |
| FCF margin | 18.2% (better) | 14.2% |
| Return on equity | 41.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 36.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.30 (better) | 0.53 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.15 | 2.33 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 33.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.42 (better) | 2.09 |
| Altman Z-score | 13.64 (better) | 2.73 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.53% (better) | 0.25% |
| Payout ratio | 16.3% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 15.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.69% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.2% (better) | 0.25% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 83.7% | 77.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.36% | 0.17% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$179M | −$645K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 11 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.8% | 2.1% |
Go deeper
- AMAT stock overview
- AMAT income statement
- AMAT valuation and score
- Q stock overview
- Q income statement
- Q valuation and score
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