Applied Materials, Inc.
NASDAQLast 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 prior note flagged a stabilisation at $536.25 and noted that options traders hadn't yet stood down from their defensive positioning. That caution proved well-founded…
AMAT short interest surges 20.1% in one day to 2.07% of float, marking the stock's sharpest single-session jump on record. The spike follows analyst upgrades and arrives ahead of earnings Thursday.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumLast 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…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
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%…
Applied Materials has surged into a fork in the road: an 11.8% weekly rally to $454.89 has reignited bullish conviction across the Street, yet one bellwether firm just stepped to the sidelines at the very moment…
Applied Materials enters the summer with one of the most uniformly bullish analyst reactions in recent memory — and the stock hasn't caught up yet. The trigger was a strong earnings release on May 14. The response from…
Applied Materials reports second-quarter results on May 14 with the stock up 23% over the past month — yet options traders are quietly building more protection than usual into the print. The options signal is the…
Applied Materials has spent the past week making a strong case that semiconductor equipment demand is alive and well. The stock gained nearly 8% on the week to close at $410.82 — up 5% on Tuesday alone — and the…
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