Forum Financial Management LP Has $1.39 Million Stock Holdings in Applied Materials, Inc. $AMAT

Forum Financial Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,603 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 241 shares during the period. Forum Financial Management LP’s holdings in Applied Materials were worth $1,392,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Avity Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 4.1% in the second quarter. Avity Investment Management Inc. now owns 220,835 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $40,428,000 after purchasing an additional 8,680 shares during the last quarter. Generali Investments Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych raised its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 12.7% in the first quarter. Generali Investments Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych now owns 26,650 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $3,867,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 311.2% in the first quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC now owns 12,924 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,876,000 after purchasing an additional 9,781 shares during the last quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Materials in the second quarter valued at about $410,000. Finally, LifePlan Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Materials in the second quarter valued at about $755,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on AMAT. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Applied Materials from $220.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 15th. Daiwa America downgraded shares of Applied Materials from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Applied Materials in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Applied Materials in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Wolfe Research decreased their price objective on shares of Applied Materials from $230.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 15th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $209.15.

Applied Materials Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMAT opened at $220.56 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 2.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $175.71 billion, a PE ratio of 26.29, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.82. Applied Materials, Inc. has a twelve month low of $123.74 and a twelve month high of $232.07. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $189.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $175.94.

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

Applied Materials Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Applied Materials’s payout ratio is currently 21.93%.

Applied Materials Profile

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.