After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AMAT belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry. The current market capitalization of Applied Materials Inc is $158.84B. A total of 4.42 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 7.15M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Sanders Adam sold 562 shares of AMAT for 178.60 per share on Jun 24 ’25. After the transaction, the Corp. Controller & CAO now owns 5,300 company shares. In a previous transaction on Apr 03 ’25, DICKERSON GARY E bought 50,000 shares at 137.30 per share. AMAT shares that President and CEO owns now total 1,716,058.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Sanders Adam disposed of 450 shares on Apr 01 ’25 at a per-share price of $144.83. This resulted in the Corp. Controller & CAO holding 6,077 shares of AMAT after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Sanders Adam sold 271 shares at $172.72 per share on Feb 24 ’25. Company shares held by the Corp. Controller & CAO now total 6,479.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Applied Materials Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.66, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.84%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.09.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AMAT has a high of $255.57 and a low of $123.74.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. 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 $23.63, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $12.25B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 4.38.
