Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)
Technology · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for AMAT is $660.11, 61.3% above the last close of $409.29 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $457.68 to $940.93. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E35.3x
- P/E vs sector+5.7%
- P/E vs own-2.6%
- Target upside+61.3%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$325B
- FCF yield+1.7%
- Insiders-$4.45M
- Earnings in27d
- News
Why it moved
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) fell 4.8% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Technology stocks fell 3.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
1 story on the day (30-day average 2.4).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $409.29 · +80.7% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendbearish
- Sector▲ +1.1%
- MAs20▼ 50▼ 100▼ 200▼
- Above MAs0 of 4 above
- MA20×50Golden 3d ago
- RSI29
- Support-3.8%
- Resistance+0.8%
- Off 52w high-43.3%
- Off ATH-43.3%
- 52w range$409.29
- Bollingerbelow lower
- MACD-11.27
- ATR+5.1%
- Volume1.3x
Analyst price targets
25 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $409.29 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 4 · Buy 29 · Hold 7 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q3 FY2026: Revenue +24.8% year over year, free cash flow 25.6% of revenue, operating margin 33.7%.
| Q3 FY2026 | Jul 26, 2026 | $9.12B | 3.17 | $2.33B | 50.3% | 33.7% | 27.8% |
| Q2 FY2026 | Apr 26, 2026 | $7.91B | 3.51 | $210M | 49.9% | 31.9% | 35.5% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Jan 25, 2026 | $7.01B | 2.54 | $1.04B | 49.0% | 29.9% | 28.9% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Oct 26, 2025 | $6.8B | 2.38 | $2.04B | 48.0% | 25.2% | 27.9% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Jul 27, 2025 | $7.3B | 2.21 | $2.05B | 48.8% | 30.6% | 24.4% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Apr 27, 2025 | $7.1B | 2.63 | $1.06B | 49.1% | 30.5% | 30.1% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Jan 26, 2025 | $7.17B | 1.45 | $544M | 48.8% | 30.4% | 16.5% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Oct 27, 2024 | $7.04B | 2.09 | $2.17B | 47.3% | 29.0% | 24.6% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $89.85 | -5.8% | -36.2% | +23.3% | — | $475B | |
| 2 |  | $263.94 | -4.9% | -39.0% | +40.7% | 45.8 | $330B | |
| 3 | | $409.29 | -4.8% | -43.3% | +61.3% | 35.3 | $325B | |
| 4 |  | $276.48 | -0.9% | -16.4% | +13.9% | 42.0 | $252B | |
| 5 |  | $227.80 | -6.9% | -48.2% | +34.0% | 234.8 | $243B | |
| 6 |  | $165.74 | -5.0% | -45.0% | +28.2% | 45.2 | $216B | |
| 7 |  | $227.83 | -5.6% | -28.0% | +45.0% | 75.5 | $200B | |
| 8 |  | $395.44 | -2.1% | -11.0% | +15.4% | 46.9 | $192B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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