Cantillon Capital Management Reduces $1B in Applied Materials, Inc. ($AMAT)

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Key Points

  • Cantillon Capital Management changed its Applied Materials, Inc. ($AMAT) stake by 48.82% last quarter, cutting to 1,521,843 shares worth $1.06 billion.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $AMAT is Strong Buy and an average price target of $640.31.
  • $AMAT last traded around $699.39.

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Cantillon Capital Management reduced its position in Applied Materials, Inc. ($AMAT) by 48.82% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,521,843 shares of Applied Materials, Inc. after selling 1,451,818 shares during the quarter. Cantillon Capital Management's holdings in Applied Materials, Inc. were worth $1.06 billion as of its most recent filing.

Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Up 51.5%

Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. ($AMAT) traded around $699.39 on Saturday, up 51.5% for the day.

Last price$699.39
Market cap$363.78B
P/E ratio39.55
Forward P/E24.83
PEG ratio0.97
Beta1.62
52-week low$154.47
52-week high$739.67
50-day MA$551.13
200-day MA$401.60
Current ratio2.42
Quick ratio1.63
Debt-to-equity0.29

Applied Materials, Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$11.59
Revenue (ttm)$30.84B
Revenue growth24.80%
Net margin30.05%
Return on equity41.07%
Next earningsNov 12, 2026

Applied Materials, Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$2.12
Dividend yield46%
Payout ratio16.48%
Ex-dividend dateAug 20, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusStrong Buy
Average target$640.31
High target$900
Low target$358
Analysts covering35

About Applied Materials, Inc.

Applied Materials, Inc. provides materials engineering solutions, equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor and related industries in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Semiconductor Systems and Applied Global Services (AGS) segments. The Semiconductor Systems segment includes semiconductor capital equipment to enable materials engineering steps, including etch, rapid thermal processing, deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, wafer packaging, and ion implantation. The AGS segment offers integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, and 200 millimeter and other equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor and other products. It serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

ExchangeNasdaqGS
SectorTechnology
IndustrySemiconductor Equipment & Materials
HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
CEOMr. Gary E. Dickerson
Employees38,900

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