Applied Materials Inc (AMAT)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

Zack King

On Tuesday, Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) was -5.52% drop from the session before, before settling in for the closing price of $223.91. A 52-week range for AMAT has been $123.74 – $226.49.

A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 24.62% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 8.40%. With a float of $794.59 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $796.64 million.

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Insider Updates

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Applied Materials Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Applied Materials Inc is 0.26%, while institutional ownership is 80.66%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 30 ’25, was worth 4,417,492. Before that another transaction happened on Jun 24 ’25, when Company’s Corp. Controller & CAO sold 562 for $178.60, making the entire transaction worth $100,373. This insider now owns 5,300 shares in total.

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 10/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 2.32 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 2.19) by 0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.17 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.44% during the next five years compared to 24.62% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.76. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.89. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.94.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.39, a number that is poised to hit 2.13 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.53 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 10.31 million. That was better than the volume of 7.64 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 70.93%.

During the past 100 days, Applied Materials Inc’s (AMAT) raw stochastic average was set at 79.55%, which indicates a significant increase from 65.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 7.39 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 4.42 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $181.19, while its 200-day Moving Average is $170.54. However, in the short run, Applied Materials Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $220.50. Second resistance stands at $229.45. The third major resistance level sits at $234.06. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $206.94, it is likely to go to the next support level at $202.33. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $193.38.

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) Key Stats

There are 796,642K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 168.54 billion. As of now, sales total 27,176 M while income totals 7,177 M. Its latest quarter income was 7,302 M while its last quarter net income were 1,779 M.

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