Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] stock prices are up 2.20% to $325.24 at the moment. 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 6.68% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 28.30%, 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 January 15, 2026, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $360 for it. Previously, Susquehanna upgraded its rating to Positive on January 12, 2026, and kept the price target unchanged to $400. On December 04, 2025, TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $315 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $285 on November 25, 2025. Craig Hallum downgraded its rating to a Hold. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 13, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $250. In a note dated September 22, 2025, Morgan Stanley upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $209.
The stock price of Applied Materials Inc [AMAT] has been fluctuating between $123.74 and $331.00 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $338.2 within the next 12 months. Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ: AMAT] shares were valued at $325.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.98% based on the average AMAT price forecast.
Analyzing the AMAT fundamentals
The Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT] reported sales of 28.37B for trailing twelve months, representing 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.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Applied Materials Inc [NASDAQ:AMAT]’s Current Ratio is 2.61. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.87 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.91. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 9.09, the price to book ratio is 12.63 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 37.50.
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.
