Applied Materials (AMAT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Applied Materials (AMAT) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 22.11% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 26, 2026), up 1.97 percentage points from 20.14% a year earlier and up 0.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Applied Materials (AMAT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Oct 26, 2025), Applied Materials' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 19.79%, down 2.24 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year change of +2.30 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Applied Materials' Return on Assets [ROA] was 22.04% in FY2024 (-1.83 pp), 23.87% in FY2023 (-0.97 pp), 24.83% in FY2022 (+0.39 pp) and 24.44% in FY2021 (+6.95 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since fiscal Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.77 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2022, with a gain of 8.66 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2025, with a drop of 4.27 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 21.83% (Q2 2026), 21.20% (Q1 2026) and 19.85% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,503.96 Bn | 5,278.12 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 66.53% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,366.45 Bn | 1,992.15 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 7.86% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,676.58 Bn | 1,602.63 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 20.84% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 1,202.51 Bn | 1,141.27 Bn | 35.06 Bn | 42.83% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 998.39 Bn | 955.14 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 7.84% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 698.25 Bn | 654.08 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 606.32 Bn | 491.05 Bn | 6.51 Bn | -5.49% |
| 8 | Lam Research | 411.06 Bn | 387.85 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 32.78% |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 405.83 Bn | 371.27 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 22.11% |
| 10 | Arm Holdings | 307.33 Bn | 293.04 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 13.55% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 22.11% |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 21.83% |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 21.20% |
| Oct 26, 2025 | 19.85% |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 20.14% |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 20.18% |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 18.73% |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 21.09% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 22.71% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 23.01% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 22.99% |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 22.43% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 21.66% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 22.75% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 23.59% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 24.68% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 25.75% |
| May 1, 2022 | 26.55% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 25.56% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 23.41% |
Applied Materials Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AMAT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "AMAT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AMAT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();