Applied Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Materials in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Applied Materials stock.
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Applied Materials saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 10,080,000 shares, a decrease of 19.3% from the January 14th total of 12,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Applied Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 13th 2021.
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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 17th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.11. Applied Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.65% and a net margin of 21.04%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.98 earnings per share.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $52.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMAT stock has increased by 125.2% and is now trading at $118.19.
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Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, March 18th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 24th.
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Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.77%. Applied Materials has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Applied Materials is 21.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Applied Materials will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.94% next year. This indicates that Applied Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Applied Materials issued an update on its second quarter 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.44-1.56 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.28. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.19-5.59 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.96 billion.

22 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Applied Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $146.00. On average, they expect Applied Materials' share price to reach $125.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price.
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567 employees have rated Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson on Glassdoor.com. Gary Dickerson has an approval rating of 93% among Applied Materials' employees. This puts Gary Dickerson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Applied Materials' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.32%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.03%), FMR LLC (1.74%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.67%), Davis Selected Advisers (1.60%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Stephen R Forrest and Steve G Ghanayem.
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AMAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AJO LP, Davis Selected Advisers, Van ECK Associates Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Sound Shore Management Inc. CT. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Alexander Karsner, and Omkaram Nalamasu.
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AMAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Cibc World Markets Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Janus Henderson Group PLC, CIBC World Markets Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Lazard Asset Management LLC.
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Shares of AMAT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $118.19.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $108.46 billion and generates $17.20 billion in revenue each year. The manufacturing equipment provider earns $3.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.17 on an earnings per share basis.

Applied Materials employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Applied Materials is www.appliedmaterials.com.

Applied Materials is headquartered at 3050 Bowers Avenue P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara CA, 95052.

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]