Applied Materials Pricing Spine-o-meter: 4 of 5 Vertebrae Applied Materials Inc., a global provider of equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, and solar panels, had a somewhat positive Q1 ‘23. Revenue increased 7.5% to $6.7 billion while earnings before interest and taxes remained unchanged near $2.0 billion compared to the same quarter last year. To characterize the immediate past and future market performance of Applied…