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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT)

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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (14197)	4/12/2005 2:22:46 PM
From: Big Bucks	Read Replies (2) of 25522

Cary- hmmmm, so exactly when will that next AMAT stock split take place? ... Your argument has not convinced me. You keep skirting or avoiding the volatility issue that is the point to my premise. IMO, AMAT will not have a stock split again because equipment sales growth has moderated. That used to be a big carrot for AMAT...growth with stock price appreciation that was distributed as a "dividend" to investors in the form of a stock spit. The likelihood of that happening within the next 3-4 years looks unlikely, which is unprecedented for AMAT. 1.68B shares outstanding and only 34M average shares traded daily is pretty anemic volatility. Even with overall excellent earnings and revenues AMAT HAS DONE NOTHING but trend down for 5 years, and investors are clamoring for a return for holding AMAT stock...and the company decides on a 3c dividend... not enough to keep large investors interested IMO, and small investors are not as likely to hold on forever while everyone else slowly divests their positions. That is a slow death by a thousand cuts.

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