NASDAQ:AMAT - Applied Materials Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Applied Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 24th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, June 14th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 23rd. This is a boost from Applied Materials's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Applied Materials' Dividend History.

Applied Materials announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 17th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.08. The manufacturing equipment provider had revenue of $4.57 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.45 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 19.24% and a return on equity of 51.65%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.79 EPS. View Applied Materials' Earnings History.

Applied Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Applied Materials.

Applied Materials issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.13-1.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.16. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.33-4.53 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.54 billion.

23 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Applied Materials' shares. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Applied Materials' share price to reach $64.8261 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Applied Materials.

Applied Materials saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 16,832,480 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the April 13th total of 14,460,401 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 14,178,509 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's shares are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Applied Materials include Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. (TSM), Nvidia (NVDA), Texas Instruments (TXN), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Analog Devices (ADI), Infineon Technologies (IFNNY), Tokyo Electron (TOELY), Kyocera (KYO), Microchip Technology (MCHP), STMicroelectronics (STM), Xilinx (XLNX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Maxim Integrated (MXIM).

News stories about AMAT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Applied Materials earned a news impact score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the manufacturing equipment provider an impact score of 48.10 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Applied Materials' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.24%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.05%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (1.00%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.78%) and LSV Asset Management (0.64%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Ali Salehpour, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Stephen R Forrest, Thomas F Larkins and Thomas J Iannotti. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Applied Materials.

AMAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Korea Investment CORP, Sei Investments Co., MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Alexander Karsner, Ali Salehpour, Omkaram Nalamasu, Stephen R Forrest, Thomas F Larkins and Thomas J Iannotti. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Materials.

AMAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Winslow Capital Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Sentry Investments Corp., Natixis, Mackay Shields LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group and Toronto Dominion Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Materials.

Shares of AMAT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.34.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $52.80 billion and generates $14.54 billion in revenue each year. The manufacturing equipment provider earns $3.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.25 on an earnings per share basis. Applied Materials employs 18,400 workers across the globe.

Applied Materials' mailing address is 3050 Bowers Avenue P.O. Box 58039, SantaClara CA, 95052. The manufacturing equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-727-5555 or via email at [email protected]