The Latest Breaking News from Applied Materials

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Applied Materials. Looking at options history for Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) we detected 10 strange trades.

Applied Materials's (NASDAQ:AMAT) short percent of float has risen 56.04% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 12.48 million shares sold short, which is 1.42% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Citi hosted meetings at NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Applied Materials, Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT), and Marvell Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MRVL) as part of the Annual Silicon Valley Tech Bus Tour.  Marvell confirmed a lack of slowdown in cloud data center demand and a disproportionate amount of growth or 50%+ coming from new product cycles.  Applied Materials looked to benefit from…

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.49% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.19%. Currently, Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $94.59 billion.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) shares are trading higher by 3.23% at $109.90. Shares of several companies in the broader technology sector are trading higher amid overall market strength as stocks rebound following Friday's weakness.

DA Davidson has decided to maintain its Buy rating of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) and lower its price target from $185.00 to $170.00. Shares of Applied Materials are trading down 5.08% over the last 24 hours, at $105.11 per share.

Shares of semiconductor companies, including Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), are trading lower in sympathy with Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) after the company reported worse-than-expected second-qua

Shares of semiconductor companies, including NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), are trading lower in sympathy with Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) after the company reported worse-than-expected second-quarter fin

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) shares are trading lower in Thursday's after-hours session after the company reported worse-than-expected financial results and issued earnings guidance below analyst estimates.

Shares of several companies in the broader tech & semiconductor sectors, including Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), are trading lower amid overall market weakness as stocks fall following weak retail earnings this week.