After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry segment, falling under the Technology sector. The current market capitalization of Applied Materials Inc is $125.49B. A total of 4.42 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 6.70M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Sanders Adam sold 271 shares of AMAT for 172.72 per share on Feb 24 ’25. After the transaction, the Corp. Controller & CAO now owns 6,479 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jun 21 ’24, Iannotti Thomas J sold 9,827 shares at 236.65 per share. AMAT shares that Director owns now total 49,185.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Raja Prabu G. disposed of 50,000 shares on Jun 18 ’24 at a per-share price of $249.17. This resulted in the President, Semi. Products Grp. holding 458,417 shares of AMAT after the transaction. In another insider transaction, DICKERSON GARY E sold 400,000 shares at $246.45 per share on Jun 18 ’24. Company shares held by the President and CEO now total 1,542,269.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Applied Materials Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.60, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.04%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.21. AMAT’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.18% when it declared a $0.46 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 5/22/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 2/20/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 0.95%. The AMAT stock dividend was $0.40 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AMAT has a high of $255.89 and a low of $145.37.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. AMAT’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $5.46B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $5.75B in debt and $6.34B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $22.92, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $12.25B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AMAT is Buy with a score of 4.29.
