Benzinga | May 20, 2021 04:02PM EDT

Applied Materials Sees Q3 Adj. EPS $1.70-$1.82 vs $1.56 Est., Sales $5.72B-$6.12B vs $5.53B Est.

Business Outlook

In the third quarter of fiscal 2021, Applied expects net sales to be approximately $5.92 billion, plus or minus $200 million. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $1.70 to $1.82.

This outlook for non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS excludes known charges related to completed acquisitions of $0.01 per share, includes the normalized tax benefit of share-based compensation of $0.01 per share and a net income tax benefit related to intra-entity intangible asset transfers of $0.03 per share, but does not reflect any items that are unknown at this time, such as any additional charges related to acquisitions or other non-operational or unusual items, as well as other tax related items, which we are not able to predict without unreasonable efforts due to their inherent uncertainty.