With 5.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.87 million shares. During the session, the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $153.0588 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $148.37. The 52-week range on AMAT shows that it touched its highest point at $255.89 and its lowest point at $145.37 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $206.97. With its current market cap of 121.83 billion, AMAT has annualized dividend of $1.60 while the current yield stands at 1.07%. AMAT paid its most recent dividend on 1740009600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1747872000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.59.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AMAT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.05%, but this was down by -18.15% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.75% while six-month performance fell -15.78%. The stock lost -25.54% in the past year, while it has lost -7.80% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMAT yields 7.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.04. For the next quarter, that number is 2.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.04% for this year and 7.45% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.07% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 24.62%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 812.44 million AMAT shares are outstanding with a float of 810.39 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 19.35 million, which was 238.00000000000003 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Gary E. Dickerson as the firm’s President, CEO & Executive Director, Mr. Brice A. Hill serves as its Senior VP, CFO & leads Global Information Services.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.84084 of AMAT’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-01-26, AMAT reported revenue of $7166000000.0 and operating income of $2175000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2288000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.45.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AMAT since 25 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 19 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AMAT analysts setting a high price target of 250.0 and a low target of 164.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 206.01697. Based on these targets, AMAT could surge 66.72% to reach the target high and rise by 9.37% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 37.39% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $8.55761 being high and $8.49742 being low. For AMAT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.53755. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.43 and the low estimate is $2.13. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.31.
