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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (34270)	2/16/2000 11:52:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

RESEARCH ALERT - Applied EPS views raised NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (Reuters) - Analysts raised their price targets and outlooks for earnings per share (EPS) for Applied Materials Inc. on Wednesday. -- the world's biggest maker of semiconductor equipment reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street forecasts. -- Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Elliott Rogers boosted price target to $225 from $180. -- boosted EPS estimates for fiscal 2000 to $4.45 from $4.10. -- raised fiscal 2001 EPS outlook to $6 from $5.50.<snip>

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (34270)	2/16/2000 11:57:00 AM
From: Terry D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

The Bear Stearns report - remember this is Bob Maire formerly of Morgan Stanley. Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT ú 166« ) Buy Price Target: $170 to $200 Raising Price Target & Estimates Market Cap: $64.2 Billion Index: S&P 500 Robert Maire - Semiconductor Capital Equipment We reiterate our Attractive and are raising our one-year price target to $200 up from $170 per share. We are also raising our estimates for FY'00 and FY'01 to $4.20 and $5.40 per share, respectively based on the visibility, strength across geographic regions, product offerings and demand driven by both additional capacity as well as new technology buys. Orders came in at $2.36B up 43% sequentially from the previous quarters $1.6B. Things are just fantastic across the board across all products and geographies. AMAT is now in the realm of being a $10B a year company as projected by the CEO, Jim Morgan not that long ago. They are far and away in a league by themselves. It would take a consolidation of the remainder of the industry to match AMAT. Business just keeps getting better. It is more than just a "flash in the pan" up cycle. It is a broad based strong wave of demand accelerated by the switch from technology related buying into the "high gear" of capacity related buying. Yet this is all happening in a "controlled" manner not characterized by the previous upcycles "out of control" feeling. AMAT's earnings announcement, coming in beyond even the most aggressive whisper numbers, is the "icing on the cake" of a very strong earnings season and further underscores the strength of the current cycle. We would expect a positive reaction in the semiconductor equipment stocks across the board as this is a reaffirmation of investors sentiments. Bear Stearns: 10/2000E $3.52 to $4.20; Q2 $0.84 to $1.97 10/2001E $4.50 to $5.40 Consensus: 10/2000E $3.44; Q2 $0.84 10/2001E $4.42 Consensus Rating: 1.5 (last updated 2/15)