In Friday’s Wall Street session, Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) shares traded at $172.84, up 169.46% from the previous session.
AMAT stock price is now 0.31 away from the 50-day moving average and May 15 AMC away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $135.99B.
On May 16, 2025, TD Cowen reiterated its ‘Buy’ rating on the stock by increasing its target price from $225 to quote $220, while ‘Jefferies’ rates the stock as ‘Buy’
In other news, DICKERSON GARY E, President and CEO bought 50,000 shares of the company’s stock on Apr 03 ’25. The stock was bought for $6,865,082 at an average price of $137.30. Upon completion of the transaction, the President and CEO now directly owns 1,716,058 shares in the company, valued at $296.6 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Apr 01 ’25, Corp. Controller & CAO Sanders Adam sold 450 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $65,174 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $144.83. This leaves the insider owning 6,077 shares of the company worth $1.05 million. A total of 0.27% 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 $255.89. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 4.84, and a quick ratio of 15.54. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $135914348544, which is based on a 20.63 price-to-earnings ratio, a 2.39 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 75.39%. The fifty day moving average price for AMAT is $158.4336 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $171.08846 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.
