AMAT
Moving with its chip equipment peers
- AMAT −5.46% on the last session vs SPY −0.29%: −5.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Chip equipment basket -5.5% (-5.2 pts vs SPY; TER -7.5%, LRCX -6.7%, KLAC -5.6%, ASML -2.1%): the stock moved with its peers. Overnight: Tokyo Electron (Tokyo) -7.8%.
- Aftermath, volume spike (3.2× average volume on pace today so far): After its 4 volume spikes in the past 5 years, AMAT was higher a day later 3 times out of 4; half the outcomes fell between -0.1% and +1.5%. History, not a forecast.
- 3 Reddit mentions in the past 24 hours, 76% positive over the week.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 0 negative); latest: RBC Capital reiterated Outperform, target $600.
- 1 insider or congressional trade in the past 30 days, including 1 insider sale not under a 10b5-1 plan.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
- Activity: volume on pace for 3.2× its 20-day average.
Insiders
| Trade date | Insider | Role | Side | Type | Shares | Avg price | Value | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Sell | unplanned | 725 | $544.56 | $394.8K | Oct 5 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Timothy M Deane | SVP | Tax | tax withholding | 2,644 | $529.30 | $1.4M | Oct 5 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Tax | tax withholding | 269 | $529.30 | $142.4K | Oct 5 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Judy Bruner | Director | Sell | unplanned | 1,000 | $465.00 | $465K | Sep 10 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Brice Hill | CFO | Sell | unplanned | 7,500 | $479.25 | $3.6M | Aug 27 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Tax | tax withholding | 125 | $650.91 | $81.4K | Jul 6 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Gary E Dickerson | CEO | Sell | unplanned | 78,321 | $709.26 | $55.6M | Jul 1 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Prabu G. Raja | President | Sell | unplanned | 10,000 | $633.53 | $6.3M | Jun 22 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Gary E Dickerson | CEO | Sell | unplanned | 83,000 | $593.24 | $49.2M | Jun 17 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Omkaram Nalamasu | CTO | Sell | unplanned | 35,000 | $592.98 | $20.8M | Jun 17 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Thomas J Iannotti | Director | Sell | unplanned | 9,250 | $599.77 | $5.5M | Jun 17 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Timothy M Deane | SVP | Sell | unplanned | 8,621 | $590.76 | $5.1M | Jun 17 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Prabu G. Raja | President | Sell | unplanned | 50,000 | $505.28 | $25.3M | Jun 5 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Brice Hill | CFO | Sell | unplanned | 2,500 | $498.86 | $1.2M | Jun 5 |
| May 26, 2026 | Judy Bruner | Director | Sell | unplanned | 1,128 | $450.00 | $507.6K | May 28 |
| May 22, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Sell | unplanned | 268 | $434.22 | $116.4K | May 26 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Tax | tax withholding | 125 | $353.80 | $44.2K | Apr 2 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Judy Bruner | Director | Sell | unplanned | 2,500 | $391.71 | $979.3K | Feb 27 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Sell | unplanned | 534 | $379.16 | $202.5K | Feb 24 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Judy Bruner | Director | Sell | unplanned | 3,969 | $377.02 | $1.5M | Feb 24 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Brice Hill | CFO | Sell | unplanned | 5,000 | $361.21 | $1.8M | Feb 18 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Tax | tax withholding | 324 | $256.99 | $83.3K | Jan 5 |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Timothy M Deane | SVP | Tax | tax withholding | 1,891 | $256.99 | $486K | Jan 5 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Teri A. Little | SVP | Tax | tax withholding | 15,472 | $256.41 | $4M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Omkaram Nalamasu | CTO | Tax | tax withholding | 20,307 | $256.41 | $5.2M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Prabu G. Raja | President | Tax | tax withholding | 33,406 | $256.41 | $8.6M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Brice Hill | CFO | Tax | tax withholding | 28,062 | $256.41 | $7.2M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Timothy M Deane | SVP | Tax | tax withholding | 16,465 | $256.41 | $4.2M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Gary E Dickerson | CEO | Tax | tax withholding | 130,843 | $256.41 | $33.5M | Dec 23 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Sell | unplanned | 609 | $255.53 | $155.6K | Dec 3 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Teri A. Little | SVP | Sell | unplanned | 4,000 | $238.24 | $952.9K | Nov 26 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Teri A. Little | SVP | Sell | unplanned | 4,000 | $234.08 | $936.3K | Nov 21 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Prabu G. Raja | President | Tax | tax withholding | 32,830 | $228.75 | $7.5M | Oct 28 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Gary E Dickerson | CEO | Tax | tax withholding | 114,514 | $228.75 | $26.2M | Oct 28 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Adam Sanders | Corp. Controller & CAO | Tax | tax withholding | 236 | $217.74 | $51.4K | Oct 3 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Timothy M Deane | SVP | Tax | tax withholding | 1,587 | $217.74 | $345.6K | Oct 3 |
Officers, directors and 10% owners file SEC Form 4 within two business days. Unplanned: the insider chose to trade now, the trades worth attention; their dollars make the net above. 10b5-1 plan: scheduled in advance, kept for the record. Tax: shares withheld on vesting stock, not a market trade. Awards, option exercises and gifts are left out. Source: SEC EDGAR, collected daily for the stocks discussed on Reddit.
Congress
| Trade date | Member | Chamber | Side | Amount | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Josh Gottheimer | House | Sell | $1K–$15K | Oct 7 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Josh Gottheimer | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Sep 14 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | John J McGuire | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Aug 10 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Jared Moskowitz | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Aug 27 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Dan Newhouse | House | Sell | $1K–$15K | Jul 17 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jared Moskowitz | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Jul 26 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jared Moskowitz | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Jul 26 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jared Moskowitz | House | Buy | $1K–$15K | Jul 26 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Alan Armstrong | Senate | Buy | $15K–$50K | Jul 21 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | John Boozman | Senate | Sell | $1K–$15K | Mar 6 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Markwayne Mullin | Senate | Buy | $15K–$50K | Jan 16 |
Members of Congress report trades within 45 days of the trade date, so these are never real-time. Amounts are disclosed as ranges; the net uses each range's midpoint (≈). Source: House and Senate periodic transaction reports via CongressInvests, refreshed daily.
Funds
| Investor | Shares | Value | Of its portfolio | Vs quarter before | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coatue (Philippe Laffont) | 4,213,483 | $3B | 6.3% | -20% | Q2 2026 |
| Tiger Global (Chase Coleman) | 1,632,210 | $1.2B | 4.9% | -1% | Q2 2026 |
| Bridgewater (Ray Dalio's firm) | 291,426 | $210.7M | 0.86% | -48% | Q2 2026 |
| Date | Investor | Move | Source | Shares | ≈ Value | Now held | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Bridgewater (Ray Dalio's firm) | Trimmed | 13F, Q2 2026 | 268,492 | $194.1M | 0.9% | Aug 14 |
| May 15, 2026 | Tiger Global (Chase Coleman) | Added | 13F, Q1 2026 | 761,700 | $260.3M | 2.5% | May 15 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Coatue (Philippe Laffont) | Added | 13F, Q4 2025 | 2,635,284 | $677.2M | 3.8% | Feb 17 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Soros Fund Management (George Soros) | Sold out | 13F, Q4 2025 | 55,464 | $11.4M | Feb 13 | |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Coatue (Philippe Laffont) | New stake | 13F, Q3 2025 | 3,349,048 | $685.7M | 1.7% | Nov 14 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Soros Fund Management (George Soros) | Trimmed | 13F, Q3 2025 | 28,049 | $5.7M | 0.3% | Nov 14 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Bridgewater (Ray Dalio's firm) | New stake | 13F, Q3 2025 | 463,503 | $94.9M | 0.4% | Nov 13 |
Well-known investors we follow (Buffett, Ackman, Icahn, Druckenmiller, Tepper, Soros and others). 13F: managers report their US stock holdings up to 45 days after each quarter; the change from the quarter before is dated by the filing, the trades happened some time in the quarter, and the value is at the quarter-end price (≈). New and closed positions, and adds or cuts of 20% or more, of positions at least 0.2% of the portfolio. ARK: Cathie Wood's ETFs publish their holdings every morning; the change beyond the fund's own inflows and outflows, dated by the session it traded. 5%+ stake: Schedule 13D (with intent to influence) or 13G (passive), filed within days. Source: SEC EDGAR, ark-funds.com, refreshed daily. Who holds it: each investor's latest 13F portfolio (positions at the quarter's end; one sold since would not show until the next filing), and ARK's ETFs as of their latest daily file. The funds we follow and their portfolios · All recent insider, congressional and fund moves