Applied Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" Applied Materials stock.
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25 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Applied Materials' stock. Their AMAT stock forecasts range from $100.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate Applied Materials' share price to reach $151.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 74.8% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $157.36 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AMAT stock has decreased by 45.0% and is now trading at $86.56.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 19th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.05. The manufacturing equipment provider earned $6.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.35 billion. Applied Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.17% and a net margin of 27.20%. Applied Materials's revenue for the quarter was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.63 earnings per share.
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Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 9th. Stockholders 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 1.20%. 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 1.21%. 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 11.95% 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 of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Friday, March 11th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management 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 earnings per share 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bard Financial Services Inc. (0.01%), Hall Laurie J Trustee (0.00%), Red Spruce Capital LLC (0.00%), Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Adirondack Trust Co. (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., Chemung Canal Trust Co., Hall Laurie J Trustee, and Red Spruce Capital LLC. 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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AMAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parsec Financial Management Inc., Bard Financial Services Inc., and Adirondack Trust Co..
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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.56.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has a market capitalization of $75.30 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.