Applied Materials (AMAT) came out with quarterly earnings of 2.09pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.97 per share. This compares to earnings of 2pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof6.091.90 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.13, delivering a surprise of 12.11%. Over the last four ...