Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries.
Applied Materials stock last closed at $158.24, up 1.27% from the previous day, and has decreased 13.24% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry by 0.13 percentage points. Applied Materials stock is currently +27.88% from its 52-week low of $123.74, and -26.64% from its 52-week high of $215.70.
At the moment, there are 796.64M shares of AMAT outstanding. The market capitalization of AMAT is $126.06B. In the last 24 hours, 6.25M AMAT shares were traded.
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Out of 22 Equities analysts who give forecasts on AMAT, the consensus analyst rating on AMAT is a Buy
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C.J. Muse, a top 48% analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald maintains AMAT with a strong buy rating and lowers their AMAT price target from $220.00 to $200.00, on Aug 15, 2025.
Joseph Moore, a top 2% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains AMAT with a hold rating and raises their AMAT price target from $169.00 to $172.00, on Aug 15, 2025.
Harlan Sur, a top 3% analyst from JP Morgan maintains AMAT with a strong buy rating and raises their AMAT price target from $210.00 to $220.00, on Aug 15, 2025.
Brian Chin, a top 13% analyst from Stifel Nicolaus maintains AMAT with a strong buy rating and lowers their AMAT price target from $195.00 to $180.00, on Aug 15, 2025.
Chris Caso, a top 3% analyst from Wolfe Research maintains AMAT with a buy rating and lowers their AMAT price target from $230.00 to $200.00, on Aug 15, 2025.
Wolfe Research's Chris Caso lowered their price target on Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) by 13% from $230 to $200 on 2025/08/15. The analyst maintained their Buy rating on the stock.
Applied Materials reported its Q3 2025 earnings.
Cutting their price target, Caso pointed to management's Q4 guidance missing consensus because of lower China revenue and reduced foundry spending.
Lowering forward estimates on the guide, the analyst nevertheless expressed the view that Applied Materials has a number of secular drivers available to it.
For Q3 2025, Applied Materials reported:
For Q4 2025, management guided:
President & CEO Gary Dickerson commented: “Applied Materials delivered record performance in our third fiscal quarter, and we are on track to deliver our sixth consecutive year of revenue growth in fiscal 2025.
“We are currently operating in a dynamic macroeconomic and policy environment, which is creating increased uncertainty and lower visibility in the near term, including for our China business.
"Despite this, we remain very confident in the longer-term growth opportunities for the semiconductor industry and Applied Materials.”
Vice President & CFO Brice Hill added: “We are expecting a decline in revenue in the fourth quarter, driven by both digestion of capacity in China and non-linear demand from leading-edge customers given market concentration and fab timing.
“We are navigating and adapting to the near-term uncertainties by leveraging our robust supply chain, global manufacturing footprint and deep customer relationships."
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Applied Materials stock forecast page.
Last year, AMAT earnings were $6.83B. During the last 5 year, AMAT's earnings have gone up by 19.45% per year. This was slower than the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry average of 24.79%.
Last year, AMAT revenue was $28.61B. In the past 5 year, AMAT's revenue has gone up by 11.96% per year. This was slower than the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry average of 15.99%.
You can research AMAT's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the past year, insiders at AMAT have sold more shares than they have bought.
Adam Sanders, Corp. Controller CAO of AMAT, was the latest AMAT insider to sell. They sold $16,905.92 worth of AMAT shares on Jul 1, 2025.
Get more info about who owns AMAT shares here.
Applied Materials pays a dividend of 1.09%, compared to the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry's average dividend yield of 1.1%. If you owned $1,000 worth of AMAT stock, you would have received $10.87 in the past 12 months.
Applied Materials dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more analysis about Applied Materials dividend yield and history here.
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