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Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) closed the day trading at $187.14 down -2.84% from the previous closing price of $192.61. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.06 million shares were traded. AMAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $192.5 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $185.13.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AMAT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 22.26 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.62. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.76 and its Current Ratio is at 2.46. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.31.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Goldman on July 10, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $225.
On July 07, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $200.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 24 ’25 when Sanders Adam sold 562 shares for $178.60 per share. The transaction valued at 100,373 led to the insider holds 5,300 shares of the business.
DICKERSON GARY E bought 50,000 shares of AMAT for $6,865,082 on Apr 03 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 1,716,058 shares after completing the transaction at $137.30 per share. On Apr 01 ’25, another insider, Sanders Adam, who serves as the Corp. Controller & CAO of the company, sold 450 shares for $144.83 each. As a result, the insider received 65,174 and left with 6,077 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AMAT now has a Market Capitalization of 150179479552 and an Enterprise Value of 150102523904. As of this moment, Applied’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.52. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.92. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.344 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.164.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AMAT is 1.70, which has changed by -0.09388465 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16260707 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AMAT has reached a high of $224.09, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $123.74. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.40%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AMAT traded about 6.97M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AMAT traded about 6108380 shares per day. A total of 802.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 800.39M. Insiders hold about 0.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.79% stake in the company. Shares short for AMAT as of 1751241600 were 15435340 with a Short Ratio of 2.22, compared to 1748563200 on 16645458. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15435340 and a Short% of Float of 1.9299999.
Dividends & Splits
AMAT’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.66, up from 1.66 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.008618452The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.86. The current Payout Ratio is 17.66% for AMAT, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-21. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2002-04-17 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
