Applied Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street 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 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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 19th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.12. The manufacturing equipment provider earned $5.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share.
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Applied Materials' stock was trading at $52.49 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AMAT stock has increased by 158.1% and is now trading at $135.50.
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Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 10th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date 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 0.72%. 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 13.15% next year. This indicates that Applied Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Applied Materials updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.700-1.820 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Applied Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $195.00. On average, they anticipate Applied Materials' share price to reach $153.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.12%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.56%), Capital International Investors (1.93%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.32%). Company insiders that own Applied Materials stock include Alexander Karsner, Daniel Durn, Dennis D Powell, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, Stephen R Forrest, Steve G Ghanayem and Thomas J Iannotti.
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AMAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Parnassus Investments CA, Davis Selected Advisers, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, BlackRock Inc., Maverick Capital Ltd., and B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG. Company insiders that have sold Applied Materials company stock in the last year include Daniel Durn, Gary E Dickerson, Omkaram Nalamasu, Prabu G Raja, and Thomas J Iannotti.
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AMAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Whale Rock Capital Management LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Fred Alger Management LLC, AGF Investments Inc., and Artemis Investment Management LLP.
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One share of AMAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.50.

Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $123.84 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: AKT America Inc., AKT Inc., AKT Japan LLC, ATMI - Treatment Systems business, Advent Solar, Altin Limited, Applied Films Corporation, Applied Films Taiwan Co. Ltd., Applied Materials (AMSEA) Sdn Bhd, Applied Materials (China) Holdings Ltd., Applied Materials (China) Inc., Applied Materials (Holdings), Applied Materials (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Applied Materials (Xi'an) Ltd., Applied Materials 1 LLC, Applied Materials 1 LLC Luxembourg S. C. S., Applied Materials 2 LLC, Applied Materials 2 LLC Luxembourg S. C. S., Applied Materials 2 LLC Luxembourg S. C. S. 3 S. C. S.*, 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 Philippines LLC, 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., 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 Innovation Fund I L.P., Applied Ventures Investment Management GP I LLC, Applied Ventures LLC, Baccini, BluPlanet Pte. Ltd., Boxer Cross, Brooks Software, Consilium Inc., DFMSim GmbH in Liquidation, DFMSim Inc., DFMSim Software India Private Limited, Electron Vision Corp., Etec Systems, Global Knowledge Services, HCT Shaping Systems, Hitachi Kokusai Electric, ICT Integrated Circuit Testing GmbH, Mecatronix Asia Ltd., Mecatronix GmbH, Metron Technology Ltd, Obsidian Inc., Opal Inc., Oramir, Orbot Instruments, Semitool Inc., Sigmameltec Ltd., Torrex Equipment, VNI Solution Co. Ltd., Varian Korea Ltd., Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc., Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Overseas Holdings Ltd., and eLith LLC.

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]