Applied Materials AMAT
US equityMarket cap rank #57Semiconductor Equipment & MaterialsSemiconductorsArtificial IntelligenceOLED Technology
$332.72 +$13.47 (+4.22%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $334.32 +0.48%
Open$346.16
Prev close$319.25
Day range$329.29 – $348.71
Volume9.47M
Market cap$264.04B
P/E (TTM)28.7
Dividend yield0.57%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership85.0%-0.54 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding3,953-96 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)15 buys / 35 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.79% of floatDays to cover 2.2 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share5.5%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$263.98M (3 inflow days, 17 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 28.6% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 1.79% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deka Investment GmbH | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +758,769 | 0.2% |
| J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +6,905,805 | 1.2% |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +6,564,141 | 1.6% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,627,012 | 0.9% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +2,233,771 | 0.3% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,496,565 | 0.5% |
| Morgan Stanley | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,466,873 | 0.9% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,435,123 | 0.3% |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,291,611 | 2.3% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,237,685 | 10.1% |
| Alkeon Capital Management, LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,213,497 | 0.2% |
| Lone Pine Capital LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,207,737 | 0.2% |
| Managed Account Advisors LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,163,935 | 0.3% |
| Invesco Ltd. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,154,264 | 0.4% |
| Amundi Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,130,944 | 1.0% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Adam Sanders | Chief Accounting Officer | Open Market Disposition | -725 | $544.56 | 171 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Timothy Deane | Senior Vice President of Applied Global Services | Sale to Issuer | -2,644 | $529.30 | 70,736 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Adam Sanders | Chief Accounting Officer | Sale to Issuer | -269 | $529.30 | 171 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Judy Bruner | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -1,000 | $465.00 | 25,544 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Akash Palkhiwala | Director | Other Acquisition | +279 | – | 279 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Brice Hill | Senior VP, CFO & Global Information Services | Open Market Disposition | -7,500 | $479.25 | 43,110 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Adam Sanders | Chief Accounting Officer | Sale to Issuer | -125 | $650.91 | 375 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Gary Dickerson | Chief Executive Officer | Open Market Disposition | -78,321 | $736.05 | 1,220,599 |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Prabu Raja | President of Semiconductor Products Group | Open Market Disposition | -10,000 | $633.53 | 346,788 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Gary Dickerson | Chief Executive Officer | Other Disposition | -17,000 | – | 1,298,920 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Thomas IannoTti | Independent Chairperson | Other Disposition | -750 | – | 40,568 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Thomas IannoTti | Independent Chairperson | Open Market Disposition | -9,250 | $599.77 | 40,568 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Gary Dickerson | Chief Executive Officer | Open Market Disposition | -83,000 | $599.35 | 1,298,920 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Omkaram Nalamasu | SVP, CTO, President Applied Ventures, LLC & Chair of the Growth Technical Advisory Board | Open Market Disposition | -35,000 | $596.52 | 87,450 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Omkaram Nalamasu | SVP, CTO, President Applied Ventures, LLC & Chair of the Growth Technical Advisory Board | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -35,000 | $590.00 | – |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Timothy Deane | Senior Vice President of Applied Global Services | Other Disposition | -1,545 | – | 68,028 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Timothy Deane | Senior Vice President of Applied Global Services | Open Market Disposition | -8,621 | $590.76 | 68,028 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Prabu Raja | President of Semiconductor Products Group | Open Market Disposition | -50,000 | $507.06 | 356,788 |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Brice Hill | Senior VP, CFO & Global Information Services | Open Market Disposition | -2,500 | $498.86 | 50,610 |
| 25 May 2026 | Judy Bruner | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -1,128 | $450.00 | 26,544 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 14,179,138 | 1.8% | 2.2 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 13,530,729 | 1.7% | 2.0 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 14,108,387 | 1.8% | 2.4 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 15,615,253 | 2.0% | 2.3 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 11,875,178 | 1.5% | 1.6 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 14,231,996 | 1.8% | 1.8 |
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