- Prev close
- $539.14
- Day range
- $528.00 – $545.94
- From 52-wk high
- -27.1%
- Next earnings
- in 5 days
AMAT’s -1.3% move looks mostly like routine volatility inside a still-strong semiconductor tape, with peers also softer and no stock-specific operational update in the facts. The setup is mixed because growth and margins are solid, but the valuation and beta keep the share price sensitive.
AMAT
APPLIED MATERIALS INC
As of Aug 6, 2026
58/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
AMAT closed -1.3% while the S&P 500 was -0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 was -0.4%, so the stock underperformed the broader market. Its peer set was also soft — LRCX -0.5%, TER -1.2%, and Q -1.7% — which points first to a sector-wide semiconductor move rather than a company-specific shock; KLAC at +0.2% kept the group from being uniformly weak. The intraday path was a fade from an open of $525.34 to a high of $539.5 and a close of $527.48, which fits an unwind of early strength, not a standalone operational event.
Normal volatility?
This looks like normal-but-lively volatility, not clear deterioration. The business still shows revenue +3.3% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +11.4% YoY, and EPS +29.6% YoY (TTM), with TTM gross margin +49.0%, operating margin +28.6%, and net margin +29.3%. Valuation is not cheap at PE 49.0 and forward PE 32.1, and the PEG is 1.48 — price/earnings divided by growth, so investors are paying 1.48x the growth rate — which means good growth is already partly priced in. Beta 1.62 also says the stock is more volatile than the market, so a -1.3% session alongside softer peers is consistent with that profile rather than an adverse fundamental turn. Analyst consensus is still constructive at 12 strong-positive, 27 positive, 6 neutral, 0 negative, and 0 strong-negative.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-08-13, so the market has one report on deck. The facts here do not include a consensus revenue or EPS estimate for that print, so I cannot state expected growth or margin direction for the coming quarter. What investors will be focused on is whether latest-quarter revenue +11.4% YoY and EPS +29.6% YoY can hold up, whether margins remain near gross +49.0%, operating +28.6%, and net +29.3%, and whether management commentary confirms demand strength in semiconductor equipment after a 1w +5.1%, 1m -7.5%, and 3m +23.1% tape. The facts do not provide prior post-earnings reaction history for this stock, so I won’t infer a pattern.
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