What Are Applied Materials Investors Betting On?

Applied Materials (AMAT) stock trades at 39.5 times its adjusted earnings for the past twelve months. That profit figure includes stock-based pay added back, and the resulting multiple looks steep for a company that posted 7.8% sales growth over the same period. However, the calculation shifts when looking at the profit expected in the next two years. So how much growth is already in the price of Applied Materials stock.