Is Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) being unfairly punished by investors?

In Wednesday’s Wall Street session, Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) shares traded at $194.81, down -2.25% from the previous session.

AMAT stock price is now 12.39% away from the 50-day moving average and 13.72% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $156.33B.

With the price target of $225, Goldman recently initiated with Buy rating for Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT). On July 07, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn Downgraded its previous ‘Buy’ rating to ‘Neutral’ on the stock keeping its target price maintained at $200, while ‘Morgan Stanley’ rates the stock as ‘Equal-Weight’

In other news, Sanders Adam, Corp. Controller & CAO sold 562 shares of the company’s stock on Jun 24 ’25. The stock was sold for $100,373 at an average price of $178.60. Upon completion of the transaction, the Corp. Controller & CAO now directly owns 5,300 shares in the company, valued at $1.03 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Apr 03 ’25, President and CEO DICKERSON GARY E bought 50,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $6,865,082 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $137.30. This leaves the insider owning 1,716,058 shares of the company worth $334.31 million. A total of 0.26% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Applied Materials Inc has had a low of $123.74 and a high of $247.52. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.46, and a quick ratio of 1.76. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $146836340736, which is based on a 23.71 price-to-earnings ratio, a 2.75 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 1.70. The fifty day moving average price for AMAT is $171.5396 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $171.3128 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) was released for 2025-04-27. The net profit margin was 24.07% and return on equity was 36.37% for AMAT. The company reported revenue of $7.1 billion for the quarter, compared to $6.65 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 6.83 percent.

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