Applied Materials, Inc.
NASDAQAMAT short interest jumps 28.5% in one week to 2.01% of float, reversing recent covering trend.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumApplied Materials enters September having shed almost 13% in a month, with options traders the most defensive they have been all year — and the Street still sitting well above the current price. The clearest tension…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
Applied Materials is trying to find its footing after a brutal earnings reaction, with the put/call ratio still elevated and analysts sharply divided on how much of the selloff is a buying opportunity versus a…
Applied Materials reports Q3 results after the close tomorrow — and the headline number from the options market is that put/call positioning has not eased, even as the stock gave back some of last week's recovery. The…
Applied Materials heads into its August 13 Q3 print having recovered sharply from last week's lows, with the broader sector lifting and short sellers nowhere in sight — yet options traders remain the loudest voice of…
Last week's tentative recovery in Applied Materials has been erased — the stock fell another 7.8% Tuesday to close at $476.46, extending its monthly loss to 24% and reopening the question of where the floor is. The…
Applied Materials has snapped out of its three-week consolidation, gaining 7.4% on the week to $595.70, as a wave of analyst target upgrades collides with an options market that remains unusually defensive. The analyst…
Applied Materials fell 7.4% on July 2 to $603. The put-call ratio jumped to 1.10 the same day — a two-standard-deviation move above the 20-day mean. The options signal is the sharpest single data point right now. It…
Applied Materials ended the week at $723, up 23% in five sessions — and for the first time in months, the stock has decisively overtaken the mean analyst price target rather than chasing it. The analyst community has…
Applied Materials has entered a consolidation phase after its historic breakout, with the stock giving back 3% on Tuesday even as the weekly gain holds above 13% — and the more interesting story now is whether the…
Applied Materials has snapped back sharply from last week's 10% selloff, and the Street wasted no time in raising its conviction on the recovery. The rebound is real. The stock closed Tuesday at $499.21, up nearly 2%…
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