Applied Materials — Legal Structure: Public company (NASDAQ: AMAT)

NoteThe source explicitly states in the company information box that Applied Materials is a 'Public' company and is 'Traded as Nasdaq: AMAT'. This directly confirms the claim that Applied Materials's legal structure is a public company trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol AMAT. The source also mentions in the History section that 'Applied Materials went public in 1972 on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)' and lists it as a component of Nasdaq-100, S&P 100, and S&P 500, all of which are consistent with being a publicly traded company.