Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] stock is trading at $268.87, up 4.62%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AMAT shares have gain 3.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.33%, 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 December 04, 2025, when TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and also boosted its price target to $315 from $260. Previously, UBS upgraded its rating to Buy on November 25, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $285. On November 14, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $250 on October 13, 2025. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to an Overweight but $209 remained the price target by the analyst firm on September 22, 2025. Mizuho downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on September 12, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $175. In a note dated August 20, 2025, Daiwa Securities downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $170.
Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] stock has fluctuated between $123.74 and $276.10 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $278.17 within the next 12 months. Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ: AMAT] shares were valued at $268.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.46% based on the average AMAT price forecast.
Analyzing the AMAT fundamentals
Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT] reported sales of 28.37B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -3.48%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.29%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.33%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.25%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.19, Equity is 0.36 and Total Capital is 0.29. 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 265.57 points at the first support level, and at 262.27 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 271.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 274.53.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Applied Materials Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.61. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.87, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.91. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.52, the price to book ratio is 10.44 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 31.00.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Sanders Adam, Corp. Controller & CAO, that happened on Dec 01 ’25 when 609.0 shares were sold. SVP, CLO, Little Teri A. completed a deal on Nov 25 ’25 to sell 4000.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP, CLO Little Teri A. sold 4000.0 shares on Nov 19 ’25.
