Morgan Stanley lowered the firm’s price target on Applied Materials (AMAT) to $252 from $256 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm thought earnings would be a positive catalyst, but numbers and comments were “uninspiring,” the analyst tells investors. However, while the firm “came away more disappointed than encouraged,” it believes Applied’s memory business is doing extremely well and should outperform the market after getting past challenging China DRAM year-over-year comps.
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