Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.70M but it saw 4420157 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 125.49B USD, the company’s current market price of $154.46 came rising about 0.62 while comparing to the previous closing price of $153.51. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $255.89 and as low as $145.37. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $152.79 while lowest mark touched by it was $157.04.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) gives us an average price of $157.40, while its current price level is -39.64% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 6.25% 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 $171.04 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $191.11. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.75% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.63%. 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 42.59 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Sector Weight” on January 17, 2025 while assigning a price target of $225.
Over the week, AMAT’s stock price is moving 3.62% up while it is -10.20% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -5.02% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -22.25%.
Currently, Applied Materials Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 812.44M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 26.07% and return on equity (ROE) at 35.19%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 20.21 while having a 15.39 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.58. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 6.74 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.54. Its return on asset (ROA) is 19.55% on average.
