Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT): Today's Featured Electronics Winner
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) pushed the Electronics industry higher today making it today's featured electronics winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Applied Materials rose $0.17 (1.0%) to $16.66 on light volume. Throughout the day, 10,291,144 shares of Applied Materials exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14,493,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $16.43-$16.66 after having opened the day at $16.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.49. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were:
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), up 18.2%,
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), up 12.5%,
Revolution Lighting Technologies
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), up 10.7% and
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), up 8.7%.
Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. Applied Materials has a market cap of $19.6 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 42.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Applied Materials a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Applied Materials as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Applied Materials Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 7.2%,
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), down 5.0%,
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), down 4.5% and
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), down 4.2% , were all laggards within the electronics industry with
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) being today's electronics industry laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Technology
(
) while those bearish on the electronics industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor
(
).
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