AMAT - Applied Materials, Inc.
| Previous close | 45.68 |
| Open | 45.59 |
| Bid | 46.00 x 1200 |
| Ask | 46.20 x 1200 |
| Day's range | 45.50 - 46.23 |
| 52-week range | 41.94 - 62.40 |
| Volume | 5,700,583 |
| Avg. volume | 13,803,923 |
| Market cap | 46.501B |
| Beta | 1.29 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 15.49 |
| EPS (TTM) | 2.98 |
| Earnings date | 16 Aug 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.80 (1.72%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2018-08-22 |
| 1y target est | 66.05 |
- Investor's Business Daily•6 days ago
Chip Equipment Stocks Get Price-Target Cuts On Market Slowdown
A Wall Street analyst on Monday cut his price targets on four chip gear stocks, saying the market for wafer fabrication equipment, especially for memory chips, has softened recently.
- Barrons.com•6 days ago
Applied, Lam: Will Next Year See a Decline in Chip Equipment?
One of the biggest semiconductor shows of the year kicks off in San Francisco tomorrow, Semicon West, and as mentioned previously, there’s some substantial caution heading into this conference by those following stocks of chip equipment makers such as Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and ASML Holding (ASML). Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore and Craig Hettenbach today offer some estimate cuts for Applied and Lam in a joint note to clients, and try to gauge what next year looks like. While the analysts maintain Overweight ratings on shares of both, they cut target prices, lowering Applied Materials to $58 from $60, and lowering Lam to $219 from $238.
- Investor's Business Daily•13 days ago
Semiconductor Equipment Stocks Hit With Price-Target Cuts
A Wall Street analyst on Monday turned cautious on semiconductor equipment stocks ahead of a major industry conference. Needham analyst Edwin Mok cut his price targets on four chip-gear stocks.
- GlobeNewswire•13 days ago
Applied Materials Ships 5,000th Producer Platform
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials today celebrated the 20th anniversary and 5,000th shipment of the Producer® platform, a manufacturing system that helps make virtually every chip in the world. The Applied Materials Producer® platform is a manufacturing system that helps make virtually every chip in the world. The Producer platform was launched in July of 1998 to help enable chips to run faster by changing their wiring from aluminum to copper, which is a better conductor.
- Simply Wall St.•19 days ago
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- Motley Fool•20 days ago
Applied Materials Investors Are Missing the Forest for the Trees
One small hiccup doesn't affect the rosy long-term picture.
- GlobeNewswire•20 days ago
AI Design Forum Speaker Roster Announced
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 25, 2018-- The future of computing, from materials to systems, will be discussed by the following experts at the AI Design Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 10, 2018.. Applied ...
- Simply Wall St.•26 days ago
Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT): The Best Of Both Worlds
Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In theRead More...
- MarketWatch•27 days ago
Lam, Applied Materials stocks fall, but Stifel remains upbeat despite memory push-out concerns
Shares of Lam Research Corp. and Applied Materials Inc. are down in premarket trading, though Stifel analyst Patrick Ho reiterated his long-term optimism about the names following recent reports of memory shipment push-outs. "We believe these are attributable to Samsung, and primarily on the 3D NAND front," Ho wrote. "We remind investors that Samsung has been Lam's largest customer for many years now (going back to the early 2000s when the company began working aggressively with Samsung)." Ho remains upbeat in his long-term view of Lam, which he rates a buy, and the industry in general.
- Zacks•27 days ago
Applied Materials (AMAT) Down 7.9% Since Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?
Applied Materials (AMAT) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.
- Investor's Business Daily•last month
Two Top Chip-Gear Stocks Hit With Downgrades While One Upgraded
A Wall Street analyst downgrades semiconductor-equipment stocks Applied Materials and Lam Research, but upgrades ASML Holding.
- MarketWatch•last month
Applied Materials stock gains after Evercore emphatically suggests buying the dip
Evercore analyst C.J. Muse's cautious note about Lam Research Corp. prompted a sell-off in shares of Lam, Applied Materials Inc. , KLA-Tencor Corp. and other semiconductor-equipment names last week, and on Wednesday Muse weighed in with an update. "While we do see a near-term pause for LRCX, we see no risk to consensus estimates for peers AMAT, ASML , and KLAC," he wrote. "We think downside risk from here is quite limited," he said, adidng that "for investors with 3+mos time horizon, now is the time to start adding." Muse has buy ratings on shares of Lam Research, Applied Materials, and ASML.
- MarketWatch•last month
Lam Research stock gains after J.P. Morgan defends bullish rating
Shares of Lam Research Corp. are up 0.7% in premarket trading Tuesday after J.P. Morgan analyst Harlan Sur defended the stock amid concerns about Lam's shipment outlook. "On overweight-rated Lam Research, we don't disagree that there is some downside risk to estimates in C2H18, but given our recent research efforts, we believe the services business (recurring revenue) that is 25% of their overall business and deferred revenue backlog of $1.1 billion translate to minimal downside in 2H revenues and earnings and continued growth in CY19," Sur wrote.
- GlobeNewswire•last month
Applied Materials Announces Cash Dividend
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 07, 2018-- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable on the company’ s common stock. ...
- Motley Fool•last month
How Applied Materials Is Poised to Profit From the Next iPhone
This Apple supplier is set to make bank as Apple and others transition to advanced 7nm chips.
- Zacks•last month
Is Applied Materials (AMAT) Stock a Solid Choice Right Now?
Applied Materials (AMAT) could be an interesting play for investors as it is seeing solid earnings estimate revision in addition to having a robust industry rank.
- Simply Wall St.•last month
How Should Investors Feel About Applied Materials Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMAT) CEO Pay?
Gary Dickerson took the helm as Applied Materials Inc’s (NASDAQ:AMAT) CEO and grew market cap to US$52.71B recently. Recognizing whether CEO incentives are aligned with shareholders is a crucial partRead More...
- GlobeNewswire•last month
Applied Materials Breakthrough Accelerates Chip Performance in the Big Data and AI Era
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a breakthrough in materials engineering that accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era. In the past, classic Moore’s Law scaling of a small number of easy-to-integrate materials simultaneously improved chip performance, power and area/cost (PPAC). Today, materials such as tungsten and copper are no longer scalable beyond the 10nm foundry node because their electrical performance has reached physical limits for transistor contacts and local interconnects.
- Barrons.com•2 months ago
Intel vs. Nvidia: Future of AI Chips Still Evolving
This morning I attended a most interesting conference on artificial intelligence at the Penn Club in midtown Manhattan. The meeting featured startups, as well as chip-equipment giant Applied Materials (AMAT), and it was hosted by Pierre Ferragu, who recently left his post as tech analyst at Bernstein, to take up a new role covering many areas of tech at New Street Research, a research-only firm with no brokerage business. The question is what kinds of chips will those be?
- Simply Wall St.•2 months ago
Are You An Income Investor? Don’t Miss Out On Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT)
Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) has pleased shareholders over the past 10 years, paying out an average dividend of 2.00% annually. The company currently pays out a dividend yield of 1.57%Read More...
- Zacks•2 months ago
Just How Cheap Is Applied Materials (AMAT) Stock?
Shares of Applied Materials (AMAT) dipped recently on the back of weaker-than-expected guidance after the company reported its second-quarter financial results at the end of last week. However, the chipmaking equipment power posted strong overall results, and the stock looks like a great value at the moment.
- Zacks•2 months ago
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- MarketWatch•2 months ago
Chip-maker stocks notch losing week after Applied Materials outlook slams sector
Applied Materials (AMAT) shares fell 8.3% to close at $49.51, after hitting an intraday low of $48.53, as analysts were split on target price moves after the company’s sales outlook was lighter than Wall Street expected. For the week, shares of Applied Materials are down 9.7%, the SOX index swung to a weekly loss of 0.4%, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) finished down 0.5%. Late Thursday, Applied Materials estimated adjusted earnings of $1.13 a share to $1.21 a share for its fiscal third quarter on revenue of $4.33 billion to $4.53 billion, while analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected earnings of $1.16 a share on revenue of $4.53 billion.
- Investor's Business Daily•2 months ago
Dow Jones Falls After Big Gains; Macy's Soars On Earnings; Walmart, Cisco, Applied Materials Fall: Weekly Review
The key stock indexes dipped for the week as Walmart, Cisco, Applied Materials earnings disappointed. Small caps and crude oil rallied. Macy's soared, but not its rivals.
- Investor's Business Daily•2 months ago
Stock Market Closes Mostly Lower As Boeing Helps Keep Dow Higher; Chips Lag
The stock market closed mainly lower Friday, as a weak outlook from Applied Materials roiled the semiconductor sector.
