Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.67M but it saw 4810832 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 122.42B USD, the company’s current market price of $150.68 came falling about -1.93 while comparing to the previous closing price of $153.64. 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 $149.51 while lowest mark touched by it was $153.95.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) gives us an average price of $153.15, while its current price level is -41.12% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 3.65% 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 $168.86 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $189.50. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.08% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.41%. 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 39.56 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 -2.45% down while it is -8.98% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -7.35% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -28.33%.
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 19.71 while having a 15.01 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.60. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 6.57 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.43. Its return on asset (ROA) is 19.55% on average.
