CCMP — Stock Film
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CCMP
CMC Materials, Inc
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
CMC Materials, Inc. What it actually does.

Develops and produces chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries for polishing materials used in IC devices. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2000
2,200 employees
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
82%Electronic Materials
Electronic MaterialsPerformance Materials 18%
82% of all revenue comes from a single line: Electronic Materials.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$1.2B
The loss that same year:
$68.6M
For every $1 it earns, the company spends $1.1.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are growing, year after year.

Average growth of 24% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$507.2M
2017
2018
2019
2020
$1.2B
2021
In the vault right now:
$186M
DEBT: $924.0M
At this pace, that money lasts about 2.7 years.

At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
5 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
5
Aug 2020
May 2022
5 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
A mixed scorecard.
THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Trading below its recent peak.

The stock trades below its recent peak — about 12% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/3
Sales keep climbing

Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 24% a year on average.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/3
Sales are holding up

The company sells $1.2B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.

3
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 3/3
Pays a steady dividend

It pays out $1.84 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
Lost money last year

A loss of $68.6M against $1.2B in annual sales.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The stock has lost its spark

The price action doesn’t yet back an upward turn.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film