Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) is -14.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $123.74 and a high of $224.09 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 $192.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -5.47%.
Currently trading at $187.14, the stock is -1.74% and 6.21% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.06 million and changing -2.84% at the moment leaves the stock 9.40% off its SMA200. AMAT registered 15.07% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $176.2056 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $171.0575.
The stock witnessed a 10.43% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 38.05%, and is -6.10% down 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 2.32% over the week and 2.13% over the month.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) has around 35700 employees, a market worth around $150.18B and $28.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.78 and Fwd P/E is 18.52. Profit margin for the company is 24.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 51.24% and -16.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.30%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.91% this year.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Top Institutional Holders
2966.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Materials Inc (AMAT), with institutional investors hold 83.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 802.50M, and float is at 800.39M with Short Float at 1.93%. Institutions hold 83.46% 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 sale by Sanders Adam, the company’s Corp. Controller & CAO. SEC filings show that Sanders Adam sold 562 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 24 ’25 at a price of $178.60 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5300.0 shares.
Applied Materials Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 03 ’25 that DICKERSON GARY E (President and CEO) bought a total of 50,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 03 ’25 and was made at $137.30 per share for $6.87 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.72 million shares of the AMAT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’25, Sanders Adam (Corp. Controller & CAO) disposed off 450 shares at an average price of $144.83 for $65174.0. The insider now directly holds 6,077 shares of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT).
