NASDAQ:AMAT - Applied Materials Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. View Applied Materials' Dividend History.

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

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 14th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.04. The manufacturing equipment provider earned $3.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.68 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 18.52% and a return on equity of 35.13%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.97 EPS. View Applied Materials' Earnings History.

Applied Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Applied Materials.

Applied Materials updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.87-0.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $$3.95-4.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$3.71 billion.

22 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Applied Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Applied Materials' share price to reach $64.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Applied Materials.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Materials in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Applied Materials.

Press coverage about AMAT stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Applied Materials earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the manufacturing equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Applied Materials.

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Applied Materials' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Global Thematic Partners LLC (0.07%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.06%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.05%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Stephen R Forrest, Steve G Ghanayem 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 Global Thematic Partners LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Artemis Investment Management LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, Beech Hill Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC and Kempner Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Stephen R Forrest and Steve G Ghanayem. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Materials.

AMAT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, F&V Capital Management LLC, Clear Street Markets LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.20.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $57.85 billion and generates $14.61 billion in revenue each year. The manufacturing equipment provider earns $2.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis. Applied Materials employs 22,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Applied Materials.

The official website for Applied Materials is http://www.appliedmaterials.com/.

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