Applied Materials - AMAT Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Materials in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMAT shares.
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25 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Applied Materials' stock. Their AMAT share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $205.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $146.04 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.9% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $157.36 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AMAT stock has decreased by 31.2% and is now trading at $108.27.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 18th 2022.
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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 18th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.01. The manufacturing equipment provider had revenue of $6.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.34 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 27.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.17%. The company's revenue was up 30.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.25 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 0.98%. The company 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 is 13.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMAT will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.46% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Applied Materials declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, March 11th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Applied Materials issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.82-$2.18 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.25 billion-$7.05 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.57 billion.

1,064 employees have rated Applied Materials Chief Executive Officer Gary Dickerson on Glassdoor.com. Gary Dickerson has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Gary Dickerson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Applied Materials to a friend.

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

Applied Materials' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.47%), FMR LLC (1.32%), Northern Trust Corp (1.20%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.05%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.80%) and Deutsche Bank AG (0.75%). Insiders that own company 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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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.27.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has a market capitalization of $94.19 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.

The company 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 the company 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.