LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI Has $14.92 Million Stock Position in Applied Materials, Inc. $AMAT

LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI reduced its position in shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) by 0.5% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 81,498 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock after selling 440 shares during the period. Applied Materials comprises about 1.5% of LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest holding. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI’s holdings in Applied Materials were worth $14,920,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Runnymede Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Applied Materials by 972.2% in the first quarter. Runnymede Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 193 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Smallwood Wealth Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Materials in the first quarter worth approximately $29,000. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd raised its stake in shares of Applied Materials by 435.0% in the first quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 214 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Activest Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of Applied Materials by 5,325.0% in the first quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 217 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Disciplina Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Applied Materials by 91.5% in the first quarter. Disciplina Capital Management LLC now owns 272 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. 80.56% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Applied Materials news, CAO Adam Sanders sold 562 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.60, for a total transaction of $100,373.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 5,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $946,580. This represents a 9.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.24% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on AMAT. Redburn Atlantic downgraded Applied Materials from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $225.00 to $200.00 in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Evercore ISI reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $209.00 price objective on shares of Applied Materials in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Mizuho reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective (down from $200.00) on shares of Applied Materials in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Applied Materials from $169.00 to $172.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Applied Materials in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $225.00 price objective for the company. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $192.92.

Applied Materials Stock Performance

Shares of AMAT opened at $167.80 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.50, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company has a market capitalization of $133.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.00, a PEG ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.77. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $177.79 and a 200 day moving average of $164.72. Applied Materials, Inc. has a 12 month low of $123.74 and a 12 month high of $215.70.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 14th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $2.48 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.36 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $7.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.21 billion. Applied Materials had a return on equity of 40.96% and a net margin of 23.88%.Applied Materials’s revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.12 earnings per share. Applied Materials has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.910-2.310 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Applied Materials, Inc. will post 9.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Applied Materials Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.46 per share. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. Applied Materials’s dividend payout ratio is 21.93%.

About Applied Materials

Applied Materials, Inc engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company 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.