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Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Our record on AMAT

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Applied Materials Inc, with the outcome where it is known.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AMAT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
AMAT−2.2%+3.6%+16.6%−7.1%
Deposition, Etch & Process−1.0%+5.5%+8.4%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+0.8%+7.0%+11.0%—

Against the index: 3.4 pts behind on the week, 5.6 pts ahead on the month; against its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve 8.2 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 25 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Storage — Seagate −9.2%, Western Digital −6.9% on a record day for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq” (2026-10-07)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where AMAT appears in the diary — 25 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • AI Bull Market — The 2026 Verification PhaseReport · 20 Mar 2026The canary calendar (TSMC, ASE/Amkor, Advantest, Microsoft, AMAT, Micron) has fully printed; Micron in particular resolved far above the January frame — see the June follow-up .

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.9% week · +8.0% month · +11.5% quarter · +49.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.57 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How AMAT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.57 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Applied Materials Inc moved 0.57% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 59% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.21 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.82% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.03% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Semiconductor equipment leaders · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Semiconductor equipment leaders

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against AMAT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Applied Materials Inc

AMAT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Applied Materials makes the machines that build up and shape material on a silicon wafer: deposition tools that lay down thin films, etch tools that carve patterns into them, chemical mechanical planarization tools that flatten each layer, plus metrology, inspection, ion implantation and packaging equipment. It also runs a services arm that keeps installed fabs running and upgraded. Customers are the chip and wafer manufacturers that build around this equipment fab by fab. It is based in Santa Clara, California.
Where it sits in the stack
In our Rubin Build-Out 100, Applied Materials sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the kit a fab orders in bulk to build up and pattern each wafer layer. Every additional wafer start in the AI build-out becomes an order line for this sleeve, so it is a direct customer proxy for fab capacity growth.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group calls it a semiconductor equipment leader, grouped with Lam Research, KLA, ASML and Tokyo Electron as the names the market prices it against; Applied is also compared with ASML by the wider market as the two largest equipment makers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
AMAT is a Rubin Build-Out 100 and Nasdaq-100 constituent, and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on quality, weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it across the Morning 10, Midday 10 and in longer reports tracking the build-out's verification phase.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether equipment orders track wafer-start growth in the build-out or lag it, and whether the process-equipment names move together when fab spending is questioned.

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 2 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 57, quality 79, valuation 29) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: AMAT news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 9 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-28 · last print 2026-08-13

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AMAT from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 563 from 642 Target cut to $563 from $642 (+17.4% to spot) 2026-09-28
  • Price target UBS — target 695 from 675 Target raised to $695 from $675 (+51.6% to spot) 2026-09-01
  • Price target Mizuho — target 590 from 650 Target cut to $590 from $650 (+21.9% to spot) 2026-08-25
  • Latest print EPS 3.50 against 3.40 expected — a +2.9% beat 2026-08-13

9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 9 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.37%, quarterly · buybacks 4.90 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What AMAT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.98 USD per share · a 0.37% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +15.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.72 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.53 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.32 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.52 USD · 2025: 1.78 USD · 2026: 1.52 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-22
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.38 bn USD 18% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 4.90 bn USD 1.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −3.1% in FY2025 653 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 6.28 bn USD · 110% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Applied Materials Inc (AMAT)?

Applied Materials Inc trades as AMAT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is AMAT in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Applied Materials Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Applied Materials Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 57, quality 79 and valuation 29 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Applied Materials Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 10 prints Closelooknet covers, Applied Materials Inc beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 9 times; the three-day reactions split 1 up, 2 flat and 7 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-13 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does AMAT trade against its moving averages?

Reclaimed its 50-day: Closed back above its 50-day line 5 sessions ago, with the 200-day still rising beneath it. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is AMAT doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Applied Materials Inc is +16.6% against +11.0% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 5.6 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve is +8.4% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Applied Materials Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Semiconductor equipment leaders), Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) sits 26.7% below its 52-week high, 11.3% above its 50-day average; Lam Research Corp (LRCX) is 21.1% below, KLA Corporation (KLAC) is 32.6% below, ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares (ASML) is 7.0% below. Put any of them next to AMAT in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Applied Materials Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Applied Materials Inc had a beta of 0.57 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 59% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.82% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Applied Materials Inc?

Applied Materials Inc appears in 25 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Storage — Seagate −9.2%, Western Digital −6.9% on a record day for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq (2026-10-07); Midday 10: S&P 500 — record high as Marvell jumps 7.6% on its investor day; chip-machine makers slide (2026-10-06); Midday 10: Brazil — stocks jump 13% after Bolsonaro leads round one; US 10-year hits 5.35%, stocks rise anyway (2026-10-05). What Closelooknet said most recently: Chip-equipment makers fall again — KLA −4.5%, Lam Research −3.4%, Applied Materials −2.2% (Morning 10, 2026-10-07). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Applied Materials Inc do?

Applied Materials makes the machines that build up and shape material on a silicon wafer: deposition tools that lay down thin films, etch tools that carve patterns into them, chemical mechanical planarization tools that flatten each layer, plus metrology, inspection, ion implantation and packaging equipment. It also runs a services arm that keeps installed fabs running and upgraded. Customers are the chip and wafer manufacturers that build around this equipment fab by fab. Closelooknet's peer group calls it a semiconductor equipment leader, grouped with Lam Research, KLA, ASML and Tokyo Electron as the names the market prices it against; Applied is also compared with ASML by the wider market as the two largest equipment makers.

Where does Applied Materials Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In our Rubin Build-Out 100, Applied Materials sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the kit a fab orders in bulk to build up and pattern each wafer layer. Every additional wafer start in the AI build-out becomes an order line for this sleeve, so it is a direct customer proxy for fab capacity growth. AMAT is a Rubin Build-Out 100 and Nasdaq-100 constituent, and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on quality, weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it across the Morning 10, Midday 10 and in longer reports tracking the build-out's verification phase.

Does Applied Materials Inc pay a dividend?

Applied Materials Inc has paid 1.98 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.37% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.53 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.38 bn USD in dividends and bought back 4.90 bn USD of its own shares, 110% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 3.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Applied Materials Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Applied Materials Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-28 (target 563 from 642). 9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 9 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-13: EPS 3.50 against 3.40 expected — a +2.9% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AMAT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Semiconductor Equipment & Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.