Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) does about 8.07M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 4070695 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 146.91B USD. Its current market price is $183.07, marking a decrease of -0.08% compared to the previous close of $183.21. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $255.89 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $123.74. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $220 and a low of $162.
25 analysts observing the Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $162 and $220. The consensus objective for the share price is $197.17, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 7.15% over the period. The median price target is 6.12% away from the current levels at $195.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 25 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 19 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
Jefferies upgraded its price target at $195.
The current price level is 6.07%, 12.37%, and 6.98% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the AMAT price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) stock is up 6.46% over the week and 14.79% over the past month. Its price is -21.15% year-to-date and 12.57% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 2.35 and 9.5 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $7.3B, which analysts say will come at $28.78B for the current fiscal year and next year at $30.45B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $7.21B.
Its 12-month price target is $195. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 7.15 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $162, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $220.
Outstanding shares total 802.50M with insiders holding 0.27% of the shares and institutional holders owning 83.49% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 27.30% and return on equity of 36.37%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 22.28 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 18.15. The beta has a value of 1.69. Price to book ratio is 7.75 and price to sales ratio is 5.23.
