NASDAQ:AMAT - Applied Materials Stock Price, Price Target & More

Applied Materials trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMAT."

Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 22nd. View Applied Materials' Dividend History.

Applied Materials declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 17th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.08. The manufacturing equipment provider earned $4.57 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.45 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 19.24% and a return on equity of 51.65%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.79 EPS. View Applied Materials' Earnings History.

Applied Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Applied Materials.

Applied Materials issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.13-1.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.16. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.33-4.53 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.54 billion.

23 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Applied Materials' stock. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Applied Materials' stock price to reach $64.4348 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Applied Materials.

Applied Materials saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,996,197 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the May 15th total of 15,039,693 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,294,974 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Applied Materials include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Analog Devices (ADI), Infineon Technologies (IFNNY), TOKYO ELECTRON/ADR (TOELY), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Kyocera (KYO), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Xilinx (XLNX), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

News headlines about AMAT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Applied Materials earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the manufacturing equipment provider an impact score of 44.90 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Applied Materials' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.24%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.05%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (1.00%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.78%) and LSV Asset Management (0.64%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Ali Salehpour, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Stephen R Forrest, Thomas F Larkins and Thomas J Iannotti. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Applied Materials.

AMAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Korea Investment CORP, Sei Investments Co., MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Alexander Karsner, Ali Salehpour, Omkaram Nalamasu, Stephen R Forrest, Thomas F Larkins and Thomas J Iannotti. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Materials.

AMAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Winslow Capital Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Sentry Investments Corp., Natixis, Mackay Shields LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group and Toronto Dominion Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Materials.

Shares of AMAT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.55.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $49.71 billion and generates $14.54 billion in revenue each year. The manufacturing equipment provider earns $3.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis. Applied Materials employs 18,400 workers across the globe.

Applied Materials' mailing address is 3050 Bowers Avenue P.O. Box 58039, SantaClara CA, 95052. The manufacturing equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-727-5555 or via email at [email protected]