Pension and Postretirement Benefit Liabilities
Applied Materials Pension and Postretirement Benefit Liabilities decreased by 7.9% to $139.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 1.4%, from $141.00M to $139.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Pension and Postretirement Benefit Liabilities shows a downward trend with a -8.9% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a growing long-term liability, often driven by changes in interest rates or demographic shifts in the workforce.
Detailed definition
This represents the present value of the company's obligations to provide pension and other post-employment benefits to...
Peer comparison
Significant for legacy industrial companies with large, unionized, or long-tenured workforces.
pension_and_postretirement_benefit_liabilitiesHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $245.00M | $193.00M | $191.00M | $178.00M | $173.00M | $107.00M | $117.00M | $117.00M | $116.00M | $126.00M | $130.00M | $122.00M | $121.00M | $142.00M | $141.00M | $142.00M | $152.00M | $151.00M | $139.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -21.2% | -1.0% | -6.8% | -2.8% | -38.2% | +9.3% | +0.0% | -0.9% | +8.6% | +3.2% | -6.2% | -0.8% | +17.4% | -0.7% | +0.7% | +7.0% | -0.7% | -7.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -29.4% | -44.6% | -38.7% | -34.3% | -32.9% | +17.8% | +11.1% | +4.3% | +4.3% | +12.7% | +8.5% | +16.4% | +25.6% | +6.3% | -1.4% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Applied Materials's pension and postretirement benefit liabilities?
- Applied Materials (AMAT) reported pension and postretirement benefit liabilities of $139.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Applied Materials's pension and postretirement benefit liabilities changed year-over-year?
- Applied Materials's pension and postretirement benefit liabilities decreased by 1.4% year-over-year, from $141.00M to $139.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Applied Materials's pension and postretirement benefit liabilities?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Applied Materials's pension and postretirement benefit liabilities has grown at a -8.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $241.00M to $151.00M.
- What does pension and postretirement benefit liabilities mean?
- The total estimated cost of future pension and retirement benefits owed to employees.