Applied Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Materials in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Applied Materials stock.
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Applied Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 12th 2021.
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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 19th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.12. The manufacturing equipment provider earned $5.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.40 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 22.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.08%. The business's revenue was up 41.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $52.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMAT stock has increased by 176.6% and is now trading at $145.18.
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Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, September 16th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 25th.
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Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.69%. Applied Materials has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Applied Materials is 23.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Applied Materials will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.08% 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 third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 15th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.700-1.820 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.560. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.72 billion-6.12 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.53 billion.

23 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Applied Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $195.00. On average, they anticipate Applied Materials' stock price to reach $153.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.50%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.49%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.41%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.25%), Close Asset Management Ltd (0.16%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Daniel Durn, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Gary E Dickerson, 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 State of Michigan Retirement System, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., PGGM Investments, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Avalon Investment & Advisory, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Daniel Durn, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Teri A Little, and Thomas J Iannotti.
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AMAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Rheos Capital Works Inc., Mizuho Markets Cayman LP, Calamos Advisors LLC, and Huntington National Bank.
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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $145.18.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $132.69 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 following companies are subsidiares of Applied Materials: Applied Materials Philippines LLC, Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund GP LLC, AKT America LLC, AKT Godo Kaisha, ATMI - Treatment Systems business, Advent Solar, Applied Films Corporation, Applied Materials (China) Holdings Ltd., Applied Materials (China) Inc., Applied Materials (Holdings), Applied Materials (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Applied Materials (Xi'an) Ltd., Applied Materials Asia-Pacific LLC, Applied Materials Belgium N.V., Applied Materials Canada Inc., Applied Materials China Limited, Applied Materials Deutschland Holding GmbH, Applied Materials Europe B.V., Applied Materials France, Applied Materials GmbH, Applied Materials GmbH & Co. KG, Applied Materials Holdings S.à r.l., Applied Materials India Private Limited, Applied Materials Ireland Limited, Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Applied Materials Italia S.r.l., Applied Materials Japan Inc., Applied Materials Korea Ltd., Applied Materials Luxembourg 2 S.à r.l., Applied Materials Netherlands B.V., Applied Materials SPV2 Inc., Applied Materials SPVI Inc., Applied Materials Singapore Technology Pte. Ltd., Applied Materials South East Asia Pte. Ltd., Applied Materials Switzerland S.à r.l. in liquidation, Applied Materials Taiwan Ltd., Applied Materials U.S. Holdings LLC, Applied Materials UK Limited, Applied Materials Verwaltung GmbH, Applied Materials WEB Coating GmbH, Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund L.P., Applied Ventures Innovation Fund I L.P., Applied Ventures Investment Management GP I LLC, Applied Ventures LLC, Baccini, BluPlanet Pte. Ltd. in liquidation, Boxer Cross, Brooks Software, Consilium Inc., DFMSim Inc., DMO Systems Limited, Electron Vision Corp., Etec Systems, Global Knowledge Services, HCT Shaping Systems, Hitachi Kokusai Electric, ICT Integrated Circuit Testing GmbH, Kunshan Tango Semiconductor Equipment Co. Ltd., MDLSoft LLC, MDLab S.r. l. in liquidation, Mecatronix GmbH, Metron Technology Ltd, NP Komplete Technologies B.V., Obsidian Inc., Opal Inc., Oramir, Orbot Instruments, Perceptive Engineering, Sage Design Automation LLC, Sage Design Automation Ltd., Semitool Inc., Sigmameltec Ltd., Tango System LLC, Think Silicon, Think Silicon Research and Technology Single Member S.A., Torrex Equipment, and Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc..

Applied Materials was founded in 1967.

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]