Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) traded at $177.63 at last check on current trade day and made an upward move of 3.30%% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $171.96 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.664 with the day’s price range being $174.995 – $178.056. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 21.62. In terms of its 52-week price range, AMAT has a high of $255.89 and a low of $123.74. The company’s stock has gained about 10.66% over that past 30 days.
Applied Materials Inc has a market cap of $142.55 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-May-15. With its Forward Dividend at 1.66 and a yield of 0.93%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the AMAT stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the AMAT stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of Hold.
Based on estimates by 25 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 6 have rated the Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) stock as a Hold, while 19 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the AMAT stock currently stands at 2.51, and the most recent price level today is 5.86% off its SMA20 and 11.25% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 63.08 while the volatility over the past week is 1.51% and jumps to 1.82% over the past one month. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $180, with the estimates having a low of $162 and a high of $200. These price ends are 8.8% and -12.59% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -1.33% if the AMAT share price touches on the median price of $180.
Coming back to Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 7.98 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 7.15 million. Current shares outstanding are 802.50 million.
The insiders hold 0.27% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 80.72%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-05-30, stood at 16.65 million at a short ratio of 2.19. This represents a 208.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-05-30. Shares short rose in May from the previous month at 16.53 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock -25.99% down in year-to-date price movement.
