Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] stock is trading at $183.07, up 1.60%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AMAT shares have gain 5.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 16.23%, and 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 June 06, 2025, when Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight. Previously, TD Cowen reaffirmed its Buy rating on May 16, 2025, and dropped its price target to $220. On March 28, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $195 on the stock. Edward Jones upgraded its rating to a Buy. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Overweight but $225 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 17, 2025. In a note dated December 05, 2024, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $179 to $164.
Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] stock has fluctuated between $123.74 and $255.89 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $180.5 within the next 12 months. Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ: AMAT] shares were valued at $183.07 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.4% based on the average AMAT price forecast.
Analyzing the AMAT fundamentals
Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT] reported sales of 28.08B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 6.98%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.3%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.3%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.24%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.2, Equity is 0.36 and Total Capital is 0.33. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.33.
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 181.31 points at the first support level, and at 179.54 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 184.02, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 184.97.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Applied Materials Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.46. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.76 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.77. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.23, the price to book ratio is 7.75 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.28.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Sanders Adam, Corp. Controller & CAO, that happened on Jun 24 ’25 when 562.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, DICKERSON GARY E completed a deal on Apr 03 ’25 to buy 50000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Corp. Controller & CAO Sanders Adam sold 450.0 shares on Apr 01 ’25.
