The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT)

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.42M but it saw 5121631 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 160.01B USD, the company’s current market price of $194.09 came rising about 3.50 while comparing to the previous closing price of $187.52. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $255.89 and as low as $139.69. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $191.09 while lowest mark touched by it was $194.33.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) gives us an average price of $188.01, while its current price level is -24.15% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 38.94% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $191.01 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $203.54. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.10% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.99%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 54.84 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Barclays which upgraded the stock as “Equal Weight” in its note to investors issued on June 05, 2024, recommending a price target of between $165 and $225 for it. Jefferies issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $215 and $210.

Over the week, AMAT’s stock price is moving 6.89% up while it is -5.35% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 19.76% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 36.93%.

Currently, Applied Materials Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 833.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 29.52% and return on equity (ROE) at 43.91%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.81 while having a 20.06 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.54. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 8.49 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.97. Its return on asset (ROA) is 23.26% on average.