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After two years of dealing with crimped supply chains caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, it appears that semiconductor companies got out in front of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Over the near

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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. surged 3.6% in premarket trading Friday, after the semiconductor-equipment maker nearly doubled its repurchase authorization and boosted its dividend by 8.3%. The company said it set a new stock buyback program of $6 billion, which supplements the previous program that had $3.2 billion remaining. The new program represents 5.4% of Applied Materials'' market capitalization of $110.4 billion as of Thursday''s close. The company also raised its quarterly dividend to 26 cents a share from 24 cents, with the new dividend payable June 16 to shareholders of record on May 26. Based on Thursday''s stock closing price of $124.97, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 0.83%, compared with the yield for the VanEck Semiconductor ETF of 0.63% and the implied yield for the S&P 500 of 1.50%. Applied Materials shares have slumped 18.2% over the past three months through Thursday, while the semiconductor ETF lost 18.2% and the S&P 500 slipped 9.6%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move.

Like the entire equity world, semiconductor stocks have been in a tight spot due to the war in East Europe. However, this has opened up a great buying opportunity for the segment.

The Institute of Supply Management reported that its manufacturing index for February rose to 58.6% from 57.7% in January, beating the consensus estimate of 57.7%.

The semiconductor industry continues to be strong amid the coronavirus crisis as an increasing inclination toward digitization is driving demand for semiconductor chips.

Over the past two decades, it's fair to say that semiconductor stocks have been an important part of the technology space. This is true from an investing and economic perspective.

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