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AMAT Removed from Citi's Top Picks List, Downgraded by Credit Suisse

 Apr 07, 2008 07:35 PM UTC
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AMAT Positive 04/07/08 -5.77% 04/14/08

4/7 - "Citigroup’s Timothy Arcuri swapped Applied off of his firm’s “Top Picks Live” list, which sounds more like a bad reality TV show than a list of stock picks, replacing it with KLA Tencor (KLAC). Arcuri still has a Buy rating on AMAT."

"Credit Suisse’s Satya Kumar this morning hut his rating on AMAT to Neutral from Outperform, although he also raised 2009 estimates on the company...Kumar contends the stock is now embedding a rich $7.7 billion valuation on the solar business. He also thinks the economics of AMAT’s solution are high relative to market requirements. He says the goal of $1 a watt by 2010 is inadequate given an expected oversupply in solar by 2010."


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