Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) is -20.97% 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 $183.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 8069816.93%.
Currently trading at $8070000.0, the stock is 5.66% and 12.16% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.19 million and changing 0.38% at the moment leaves the stock 7.39% off its SMA200. AMAT registered 12.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 9.67%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $163.8382 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $171.1209.
The stock witnessed a 17.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 26.63%, and is 1.99% 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 1.78% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) has around 35700 employees, a market worth around $147.47B and $28.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.37 and Fwd P/E is 18.22. Profit margin for the company is 24.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 48.51% and -28.19% 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 9.84% this year.
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Top Institutional Holders
2924.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Materials Inc (AMAT), with institutional investors hold 83.56% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 802.50M, and float is at 800.37M with Short Float at 2.07%. Institutions hold 83.33% 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).
