AMAT
Applied Materials, Inc. · Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
ZACKSBuyTECHStrong Buy
R500#26 today
TARGET+21%
$529.30
+3.50% today · +11.61% 1W
Oct 1 close or latest
PreviewWhy it's moving
Outperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- AMAT +3.50% on the last session vs SPY +0.18%: +3.3 pts of stock-specific move.
- 7 Reddit mentions in the past 24 hours, 75% positive over the week · today's pace is 1.4× its recent daily average.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 1 negative); latest: Morgan Stanley maintained Equal-Weight, lowered target $642 → $563.
- 1 insider or congressional trade in the past 30 days, including 1 insider sale not under a 10b5-1 plan.
- Market backdrop (Wed): Core PCE Price Index m/m 0.2% vs 0.3% expected (cooler); Final GDP q/q 2.2% vs 1.5% expected (stronger); S&P futures +0.18%, 10-year yield +0bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals. The news-reading agent will explain the move with timestamped sources, and say so when there is no clear catalyst.
Key facts
- Market cap
- $405.8B
- Held by institutions
- 86.3%
- Short interest
- 1.8%
- 52-week range
- 203.40–739.67
- Analyst mean target
- $638.94
- Forward P/E
- 27.7
Recent events
Analyst ▼
Morgan Stanley maintained Equal-Weight, lowered target $642 → $563Insider ▼
Judy Bruner (Director) sold 1,000 shares ($465.0K), not under a 10b5-1 plan unplanned · filingAnalyst ▲
UBS maintained Buy, raised target $675 → $695Insider ▼
Brice Hill (SVP, CFO) sold 7,500 shares ($3.6M), not under a 10b5-1 plan unplanned · filingAnalyst ▼
Mizuho maintained Outperform, lowered target $650 → $590Analyst ▲
Argus Research maintained Buy, raised target $500 → $600Analyst
Deutsche Bank maintained Buy, target $605Analyst
Keybanc reiterated Overweight, target $750Analyst
Stifel reiterated Buy, target $650Analyst
Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated Overweight, target $850