Applied Materials (AMAT) came out with quarterly earnings of 2.12pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof2.01 per share. This compares to earnings of 1.90pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof5.471.97 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.09, delivering a surprise of 6.09%.Over the last four ...