Applied Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Materials in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Applied Materials stock.
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25 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Applied Materials' shares. Their AMAT stock forecasts range from $100.00 to $205.00. On average, they expect Applied Materials' share price to reach $151.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 75.3% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $157.36 at the start of the year. Since then, AMAT shares have decreased by 45.2% and is now trading at $86.27.
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Applied Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 18th 2022.
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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 19th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.05. The manufacturing equipment provider had revenue of $6.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.35 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 27.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.17%. Applied Materials's quarterly revenue was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.63 EPS.
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Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 25th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 24th.
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Applied Materials(NASDAQ:AMAT) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.14%. Applied Materials has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Applied Materials is 13.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Applied Materials will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.94% next year. This indicates that Applied Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Applied Materials declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, March 11th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Applied Materials issued an update on its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.59-$1.95 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.04. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.85 billion-$6.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.73 billion.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and Chemung Canal Trust Co. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Daniel Durn, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Gary E Dickerson, Ginetto Addiego, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Stephen R Forrest, Steve G Ghanayem, Teri A Little and Thomas J Iannotti.
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AMAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., and Chemung Canal Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last two years include Daniel Durn, Gary E Dickerson, Ginetto Addiego, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Teri A Little, and Thomas J Iannotti.
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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.27.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has a market capitalization of $75.05 billion and generates $23.06 billion in revenue each year. The manufacturing equipment provider earns $5.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.50 on an earnings per share basis.

Applied Materials employs 27,000 workers across the globe.

Applied Materials was founded in 1967.

Applied Materials' mailing address is 3050 Bowers Avenue P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara CA, 95052. The official website for Applied Materials is www.appliedmaterials.com. The manufacturing equipment provider can be reached via phone at (408) 727-5555, via email at investor_relations@amat.com, or via fax at 408-748-9943.