Applied Materials, Inc.
NASDAQApplied 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 Street can catch up before the next catalyst. The price action this week reflects a market absorbing a lot of move in a short time. AMAT closed at $568.23…
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.
Snapshot as of 22 Jun 2026
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumApplied 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…
Applied Materials drops into the final stretch before its May 14 earnings report with a rare divergence: options traders are the most defensively positioned they've been in months, yet short sellers remain a marginal…
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