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To: Jeffrey D who wrote (34725)	4/6/2000 2:53:00 AM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Jeffrey D, I have no idea what kind of math you are using. P/E is price divided by earnings, and is not measured in dollars. Consensus forward earnings estimate for AMAT is $2.87 in FY2001. That gives it a forward PE of about 36. That is the HIGHEST forward PE of any of the large semi equipment companies. KLAC, KLIC, LRCX, NVLS, TER all have comparable or better growth projections and 2001 est PE's a lot lower. This, of course, reflects AMAT's gorilla status.