How to buy Applied Materials (AMAT) stocks

Applied Materials is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Applied Materials shares (AMAT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $170.34 – an increase of 0.58% over the previous week. Applied Materials employs 35,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $26.9 billion.

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Applied Materials stock price (NASDAQ: AMAT)

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Applied Materials stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$170.34
52-week range	$146.90 - $254.80
50-day moving average more info button	$182.24
200-day moving average more info button	$202.32
Wall St. target price	$214.22
PE ratio more info button	19.2384
Dividend yield more info button	$0 (0.86%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$8.60

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Applied Materials price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $169.41 from 2024-12-16

1 week (2024-12-13)	0.04%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-3.13%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-11.84%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-28.04%

1 year (2023-12-22)	4.54%
2 years (2022-12-22)	76.55%
3 years (2021-12-22)	14.18%
5 years (2019-12-20)	187.19%

Is Applied Materials stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Applied Materials stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Applied Materials's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Applied Materials's P/E ratio

Applied Materials's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Applied Materials shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Applied Materials's PEG ratio

Applied Materials's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6885. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Applied Materials's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Applied Materials's EBITDA

Applied Materials's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $8.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Applied Materials's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Applied Materials financials

Revenue TTM	$26.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	28.65%
Gross profit TTM	$12 billion
Return on assets TTM	15.21%
Return on equity TTM	43.91%
Profit margin	27.74%
Book value	$22.85
Market Capitalization more info button	$134.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Applied Materials's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Applied Materials.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Applied Materials's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 12.25

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Applied Materials's overall score of 12.25 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Applied Materials is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Applied Materials's environmental score

Environmental score: 3.83/100

Applied Materials's social score

Social score: 2.92/100

Applied Materials's governance score

Governance score: 5.01/100

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Applied Materials Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	12.25
Total ESG percentile	5.36
Environmental score	3.83
Social score	2.92
Governance score	5.01

Applied Materials stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 17.55% of net profits

Recently Applied Materials has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Applied Materials shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Applied Materials's case, that would currently equate to about $0 per share.

While Applied Materials's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Applied Materials is investing more in its future growth.

Applied Materials's most recent dividend payout was on 11 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 20 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Applied Materials's stocks ever split?

Applied Materials's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 April 2002 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Applied Materials stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Applied Materials stocks, which in turn could have impacted Applied Materials's stock price.

Applied Materials stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Applied Materials's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $146.9029 up to $254.8013. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Applied Materials's is 1.551. This would suggest that Applied Materials's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Applied Materials overview

Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Applied Materials is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.297% of Applied Materials stocks are held by insiders and 83.852% by institutions. How many people work for Applied Materials?
Latest data suggests 35,200 work at Applied Materials. When does the fiscal year end for Applied Materials?
Applied Materials's fiscal year ends in October. Where is Applied Materials based?
Applied Materials's address is: 3050 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95052-8039 What is Applied Materials's ISIN number?
Applied Materials's international securities identification number is: US0382221051 What is Applied Materials's CUSIP number?
Applied Materials's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 038222105

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