Technology
Applied Materials, Inc.(AMAT)
Live Price
Offline$640.18
+3.74% today
1Y Change
+249.69%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
- Market Cap
- $310.60B
- Revenue Growth
- +4.4%
- EPS Growth
- +0.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.5%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $310.60B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $640.18 and up 249.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.4%, EPS growth of +0.3%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.4%, EPS +0.3%, free cash flow -23.9% with operating margin 29.1% and ROIC 22.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 39.6 and price/sales 11.0. Stock Foundry combines AMAT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+4.4% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+29.1% vs +22.0% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
39.6 vs 18.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 21, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +4.4% and EPS at +0.3%, with operating margin around 29.1%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +6.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 21, 2026 | โ | +1.1% | +5.3% | +49.8% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +7.7% | +8.1% | +14.3% | +4.0% |
2025 Dec 12, 2025 | +2.8% | +0.8% | -1.1% | +16.5% |
Benchmark Edge
AMAT vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
AMAT
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
AMAT Max Drawdown
-21.60%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for AMAT and SPY.
Company Overview
Applied Materials, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. The company operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
- Leadership
- Gary E. Dickerson
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 36.0k
- Street Address
- 3050 Bowers Avenue
- Mailing
- Santa Clara, CA, 95052-3299
- Region
- Santa Clara, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 408 727 5555
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 39.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 31.4
- Price/Sales
- 11.0
- Price/Book
- 14.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +4.4%
- EPS
- +0.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -23.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 48.7%
- Operating Margin
- 29.1%
- Net Margin
- 27.8%
- ROE
- 38.9%
- ROIC
- 22.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.33
- Current Ratio
- 2.71
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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