Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $161.59, with 6.69 million shares of worth about $1.08 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -8.06% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -0.15%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 802.50M shares, out of which, 800.37M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.50% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 7.16%. Year-to-date (YTD), AMAT shares are showing a performance of -0.64% which decreased to -25.86% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $123.74 but also hit the highest price of $255.89 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Applied Materials Inc shares is 7.98 million. The stock is currently trading 0.35% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 6.76% for SMA50 and it goes to -6.99% lower than SMA200.
Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) currently have 802.50M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 80.71% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $129.68B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.68. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.67, while it has posted earnings per share of $8.22 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.28 and has Quick Ratio of 1.76 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AMAT, volatility over the week remained 2.00% while standing at 2.65% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.88% while it is estimated to increase by 6.20% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 8.64% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 24.62% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by TD Cowen on May 16, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $225 and $220 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on March 28, 2025, suggesting a price target of $195 for the stock. On March 12, 2025, Edward Jones Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 17, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $225. Stock get a Neutral rating from Cleveland Research on December 17, 2024.
