Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) is -7.28% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $123.74 and a high of $255.89 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AMAT stock was last observed hovering at around $151.55 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.76%.
Currently trading at $150.79, the stock is 6.52% and -0.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.05 million and changing -0.50% at the moment leaves the stock -15.72% off its SMA200. AMAT registered -23.09% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $151.06 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $178.9225.
The stock witnessed a 2.11% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.62%, and is 11.24% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.05% over the week and 5.43% over the month.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) has around 35700 employees, a market worth around $122.51B and $27.62B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.73 and Fwd P/E is 15.07. Profit margin for the company is 22.97%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.86% and -41.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (26.07%).
with sales reaching $7.12B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.95% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.86% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.12% in year-over-year returns.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Top Institutional Holders
2966.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Materials Inc (AMAT), with institutional investors hold 84.12% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 812.44M, and float is at 810.30M with Short Float at 2.07%. Institutions hold 83.89% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 79.11 million shares valued at $18.67 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5775% of the AMAT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 76.12 million shares valued at $17.96 billion to account for 9.2157 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 38.14 million shares representing 4.6169% and valued at over $9.0 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 2.7639 of the shares totaling 22.83 million with a market value of $5.39 billion.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by DICKERSON GARY E, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that DICKERSON GARY E bought 50,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 03 ’25 at a price of $137.30 per share for a total of $6.87 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 1.72 million shares.
Applied Materials Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 01 ’25 that Sanders Adam (Corp. Controller & CAO) sold a total of 450 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 01 ’25 and was made at $144.83 per share for $65174.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 6077.0 shares of the AMAT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 24 ’25, Sanders Adam (Corp. Controller & CAO) disposed off 271 shares at an average price of $172.72 for $46808.0. The insider now directly holds 6,479 shares of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT).
