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Applied Materials

186.00 USD
+3.21
1.76%
Updated Nov 14, 11:51 AM EST
1 day
1.76%
5 days
-3.27%
1 month
-13.04%
3 months
-7.75%
6 months
-11.35%
Year to date
20.49%
1 year
20.72%
5 years
226.54%
10 years
715.07%
 

About: Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.

Employees: 34,000

0
Funds holding %
of 6,759 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 17 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

36% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 195 | Existing positions closed: 143

16% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $136B [Q1] → $158B (+$21.7B) [Q2]

10% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 111 [Q1] → 122 (+11) [Q2]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,167 [Q1] → 2,219 (+52) [Q2]

2% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 855 | Existing positions reduced: 840

0.93% more ownership

Funds ownership: 79.59% [Q1] → 80.52% (+0.93%) [Q2]

1% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.42B | Put options by funds: $2.46B

Research analyst outlook

17 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$170
9%
downside
Avg. target
$232
25%
upside
High target
$280
51%
upside

17 analyst ratings

11 positive
65%
neutral
35%
negative
0%
Stifel
Brian Chin
36% 1-year accuracy
8 / 22 met price target
34%upside
$250
Buy
Maintained
12 Nov 2024
Susquehanna
Mehdi Hosseini
51% 1-year accuracy
19 / 37 met price target
9%downside
$170
Neutral
Maintained
11 Nov 2024
Susquehanna
Mehdi Hosseini
51% 1-year accuracy
19 / 37 met price target
2%upside
$190
Neutral
Maintained
11 Oct 2024
Cantor Fitzgerald
C J Muse
53% 1-year accuracy
27 / 51 met price target
34%upside
$250
Overweight
Reiterated
8 Oct 2024
Wells Fargo
Joseph Quatrochi
13% 1-year accuracy
2 / 15 met price target
26%upside
$235
Overweight
Maintained
3 Oct 2024

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 56 articles about AMAT published over the past 30 days

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