A share price of Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] is currently trading at $144.94, up 4.85%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AMAT shares have gain 14.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.34%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ: AMAT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 28, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $195 for it. Previously, Edward Jones upgraded its rating to Buy on March 12, 2025. On January 17, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $225 on the stock. Cleveland Research started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $164 on December 05, 2024. TD Cowen reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on November 15, 2024, and downed its price target to $230. In a note dated June 05, 2024, Barclays upgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $165 to $225.
Applied Materials Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $123.74 and $255.89. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $220.71 within the next 12 months. Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ: AMAT] shares were valued at $144.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 52.28% based on the average AMAT price forecast.
Analyzing the AMAT fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT] were 27.62B which represents 6.92% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.29%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.29%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.19, Equity is 0.34 and Total Capital is 0.32. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.35.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 138.22 points at the first support level, and at 131.49 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 148.95, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 152.95.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT] is 2.68. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.96, while the Cash Ratio is 0.81. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.26, the price to book ratio is 6.32 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved DICKERSON GARY E, President and CEO, that happened on Apr 03 ’25 when 50000.0 shares were purchased. Corp. Controller & CAO, Sanders Adam completed a deal on Apr 01 ’25 to sell 450.0 shares. Meanwhile, Corp. Controller & CAO Sanders Adam sold 271.0 shares on Feb 24 ’25.
