Analyst Activity – Cowen and Company Reiterates Buy on Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Analyst Ratings For Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

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Today, Cowen and Company reiterated its Buy rating on Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) with a price target of $50.00.

There are 4 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings on the stock.

The current consensus rating on Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) is Buy (Score: 2.81) with a consensus target price of $46.58 per share, a potential 1.17% upside.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 7/28/2017-Cowen and Company Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 7/16/2017-B. Riley Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 7/10/2017-DA Davidson Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 7/10/2017-Morgan Stanley Reiterated Rating of Overweight.
  • 7/6/2017-Stifel Nicolaus Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 6/11/2017-Bank of America Corporation Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 5/21/2017-Instinet Reiterated Rating of Buy.

Dividend information for Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) pays an annual dividend of Community Ranking: with a yield of 0.87%.

Dividend History for Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

  • On 6/8/2017 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 0.89% with an ex dividend date of 8/22/2017 which will be payable on 9/14/2017.
  • On 3/10/2017 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 1.05% with an ex dividend date of 5/23/2017 which will be payable on 6/15/2017.
  • On 3/9/2017 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 with an ex dividend date of which will be payable on 5/25/2017.
  • On 12/1/2016 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 1.27% with an ex dividend date of 2/17/2017 which will be payable on 3/15/2017.
  • On 9/8/2016 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 1.39% with an ex dividend date of 11/22/2016 which will be payable on 12/15/2016.
  • On 6/9/2016 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 1.66% with an ex dividend date of 8/23/2016 which will be payable on 9/15/2016.
  • On 3/11/2016 Applied Materials announced a quarterly dividend of $0.10 2% with an ex dividend date of 5/24/2016 which will be payable on 6/16/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has insider ownership of 0.31% and institutional ownership of 80.18%.

  • On 1/4/2017 Thomas F Larkins, VP, sold 100,000 with an average share price of $31.94 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,194,000.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 1/3/2017 Dennis D Powell, Director, sold 21,017 with an average share price of $31.95 per share and the total transaction amounting to $671,493.15. View SEC Filing
  • On 11/29/2016 Stephen R. Forrest, Director, sold 4,800 with an average share price of $31.86 per share and the total transaction amounting to $152,928.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 10/7/2016 Gary E. Dickerson, Insider, sold 229,935 with an average share price of $29.71 per share and the total transaction amounting to $6,831,368.85. View SEC Filing
  • On 9/1/2016 Omkaram Nalamasu, VP, sold 99,491 with an average share price of $30.15 per share and the total transaction amounting to $2,999,653.65. View SEC Filing
  • On 8/26/2016 Omkaram Nalamasu, VP, sold 26,035 with an average share price of $30.15 per share and the total transaction amounting to $784,955.25. View SEC Filing
  • On 8/23/2016 Stephen R. Forrest, Director, sold 5,000 with an average share price of $30.00 per share and the total transaction amounting to $150,000.00. View SEC Filing

Recent Trading Activity for Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)
Shares of Applied Materials closed the previous trading session at 46.04 down -1.41 -2.97% with 17,026,585 shares trading hands.

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