Applied Materials, Inc. $AMAT Stock Sold by Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P.

Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P. lowered its stake in shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) by 34.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,472 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,302 shares during the quarter. Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P.’s holdings in Applied Materials were worth $1,264,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of AMAT. Goldstein Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Applied Materials by 50.8% in the 3rd quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC now owns 454 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $232,000 after acquiring an additional 153 shares in the last quarter. ACT Advisors LLC. lifted its position in shares of Applied Materials by 15.1% in the 3rd quarter. ACT Advisors LLC. now owns 404 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $206,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. Ellsworth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 52.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 842 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $431,000 after purchasing an additional 288 shares in the last quarter. NFSG Corp grew its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 271.0% during the 3rd quarter. NFSG Corp now owns 5,728 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $2,928,000 after purchasing an additional 4,184 shares in the last quarter. Finally, YANKCOM Partnership increased its position in shares of Applied Materials by 154.3% during the third quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 623 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $319,000 after purchasing an additional 378 shares during the period. 80.56% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Applied Materials News

Here are the key news stories impacting Applied Materials this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Applied Materials unveiled its approximately $5 billion EPIC Center in Sunnyvale, California, described as the world’s largest semiconductor equipment and process-technology research facility. The center, supported by companies including Intel, Micron, SK hynix, and Samsung, is intended to accelerate chip development and strengthen AMAT’s long-term position in advanced manufacturing. Applied Materials opens $5B semiconductor innovation center
• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an Outperform rating and set a $600 price target. Other coverage highlights AMAT’s fifth consecutive earnings beat, improving earnings estimates, and what analysts view as attractive upside after the stock’s recent decline. Applied Materials could nearly double within 12 months
• Positive Sentiment: AMAT is being cited as a growth-at-a-reasonable-price semiconductor stock, supported by its broad wafer-fabrication equipment portfolio and expected benefits from expanding chip and AI infrastructure capacity. ASML vs. Applied Materials
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage is mixed: some firms remain bullish, while others are conflicted on the technology sector and AMAT specifically. A report also noted that 31 ETFs added AMAT shares, indicating continued institutional interest but not necessarily a near-term catalyst. Analysts conflicted on technology names
• Negative Sentiment: AMAT’s decline followed a six-session losing streak and weakness across chip stocks. Investor Day disclosures, including the company’s optical-inspection expansion and long-term targets, have not yet overcome investor concerns about near-term execution, elevated valuation, and semiconductor-sector volatility. Applied Materials drops during Investor Day

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMAT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. HC Wainwright set a $850.00 target price on Applied Materials in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Argus set a $600.00 price target on shares of Applied Materials and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. HSBC lowered their price target on shares of Applied Materials from $683.00 to $641.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 14th. B. Riley Financial restated a “buy” rating and issued a $700.00 price objective (down from $790.00) on shares of Applied Materials in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Applied Materials from $510.00 to $770.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $637.14.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Materials

In other news, Director Judy Bruner sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $465.00, for a total transaction of $465,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 25,544 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,877,960. This represents a 3.77% 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. Also, CAO Adam Sanders sold 725 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $544.56, for a total transaction of $394,806.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 3,181 shares in the company, valued at $1,732,245.36. The trade was a 18.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last quarter, insiders sold 9,225 shares of company stock worth $4,454,181. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Applied Materials Price Performance

Shares of AMAT stock opened at $430.01 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.42 and a quick ratio of 1.79. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $483.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $485.62. Applied Materials, Inc. has a one year low of $203.40 and a one year high of $739.67. The firm has a market cap of $341.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.60.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $3.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.40 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $9.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.99 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 30.05% and a return on equity of 38.02%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 24.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.48 EPS. Applied Materials has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.820-4.220 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Applied Materials, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Applied Materials Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.53 per share. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 19th. Applied Materials’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.28%.

Applied Materials Profile

Applied Materials, Inc is a global supplier of equipment, services and software used to manufacture semiconductor chips, flat-panel displays and other advanced electronic products. Its technologies help customers build and enhance materials at the nanoscale, supporting processes such as deposition, etching, inspection, metrology and packaging.

The company’s offerings include semiconductor manufacturing systems, process-control and inspection equipment, and services designed to improve the performance, productivity and longevity of production equipment.