Boston Trust Walden Corp Sells 112,399 Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. $AMAT

Boston Trust Walden Corp reduced its position in Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) by 19.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 472,897 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock after selling 112,399 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp owned about 0.06% of Applied Materials worth $96,821,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Maseco LLP bought a new position in Applied Materials in the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Activest Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Materials by 5,325.0% in the 1st quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 217 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. bought a new position in shares of Applied Materials in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Howard Hughes Medical Institute acquired a new position in shares of Applied Materials during the 2nd quarter worth $32,000. Finally, Total Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Applied Materials during the 2nd quarter worth $33,000. 80.56% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Applied Materials

In other news, SVP Teri A. Little sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $238.24, for a total value of $952,960.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 84,351 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,095,782.24. This represents a 4.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Adam Sanders sold 609 shares of Applied Materials stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.53, for a total transaction of $155,617.77. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 4,413 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,127,653.89. This represents a 12.13% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 8,609 shares of company stock worth $2,044,898 over the last quarter. 0.24% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Applied Materials Price Performance

AMAT stock opened at $261.90 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $207.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.17, a PEG ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $244.27 and a 200-day moving average price of $206.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 1.87 and a current ratio of 2.61. Applied Materials, Inc. has a 52-week low of $123.74 and a 52-week high of $276.10.

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $6.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.68 billion. Applied Materials had a return on equity of 39.26% and a net margin of 24.67%.Applied Materials’s quarterly revenue was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.32 earnings per share. Applied Materials has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.980-2.380 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Applied Materials, Inc. will post 9.38 EPS for the current year.

Applied Materials Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 19th will be paid a $0.46 dividend. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 19th. Applied Materials’s payout ratio is currently 21.20%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMAT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Applied Materials from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Applied Materials in a research report on Friday, November 14th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Applied Materials to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Applied Materials in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Applied Materials in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Twenty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Applied Materials currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $246.78.

Applied Materials Profile

Applied Materials, Inc is a U.S.-based supplier of equipment, services and software used to manufacture semiconductor chips, flat panel displays and other advanced materials. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company designs and sells capital equipment and related technologies that enable production of integrated circuits, display panels and materials used across the electronics supply chain.

Applied Materials’ offerings include process equipment and factory software that support critical steps in device fabrication, such as deposition, etch, implantation, inspection and metrology, as well as systems for packaging and advanced heterogeneous integration.