Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) vs Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Applied Materials Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, with a broad portfolio covering nearly every segment of the WFE ecosystem. The company holds a leading market share in deposition technologies, which involve adding new material layers to semiconductor wafers. Applied Materials has greater exposure to general-purpose logic chips produced by integrated device manufacturers and foundries. Its customer base includes some of the world’s largest chipmakers, such as TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.

Johnson & Johnson is the world’s largest and most diversified healthcare company. Its operations are organized into two segments: Innovative Medicine and MedTech, which together account for all revenue following the 2023 separation of its consumer health business, Kenvue. After restructurings completed in 2023 and 2024, the pharmaceutical segment is focused on three core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, and neurology. From a geographic perspective, slightly more than half of the company’s total revenue comes from the United States.