How to buy Applied Materials shares in the UK

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is a publicly traded semiconductor equipment and materials business based in the US which employs around 36,000 staff. Applied Materials is listed on the NASDAQ and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $156.00 is 21.0% up on its price a month ago ($128.96).

How to buy shares in Applied Materials

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. AMAT in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

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Alternative ways to invest in Applied Materials

Via a fund
Via an S&P 500 ETF

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Applied Materials), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Applied Materials is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

ETF	1-year performance (to May. '25)	5-year performance (to May. '25)	Link
Invesco S&P 500 ETF (SPXP)	2.56%	92.54%	Invest Capital at risk
Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap ETF 1C (XSPX)	2.54%	92.04%	Invest Capital at risk
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF USD (Acc) (CSP1)	2.35%	90.47%	Invest Capital at risk
HSBC S&P 500 ETF (HSPX)	1.32%	79.65%	Invest Capital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Applied Materials stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Applied Materials's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

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Historical data

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $155.81

1 week (2025-05-01)	4.60%
1 month (2025-04-08)	20.82%
3 months (2025-02-08)	-13.44%
6 months (2024-11-08)	-18.86%
1 year (2024-05-08)	-24.86%
2 years (2023-05-08)	36.87%
3 years (2022-05-08)	47.34%
5 years (2020-05-08)	189.56%

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Is Applied Materials under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Applied Materials P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Applied Materials's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, Applied Materials's shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

However, Applied Materials's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

Analog Devices (ADI.US): 63.25
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US): 97.35
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US): 37.96

Applied Materials's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6991. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Applied Materials's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Applied Materials's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Analog Devices (ADI.US): 0.83
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US): 0.45
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US): 1.53

Applied Materials's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $8.5 billion (£6.4 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Applied Materials's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

Analog Devices (ADI.US): USD$4.1 billion
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US): USD$5.2 billion
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US): USD$83.3 billion

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 1.19% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.19% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 18.63% of net profits

Applied Materials has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.19% of its share value annually.

Applied Materials has paid out, on average, around 18.63% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.19% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.19% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Applied Materials's case, that would currently equate to about 1.6 per share.

While Applied Materials's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.

Applied Materials's next dividend payout is expected around 11 June 2025. To benefit from it's next dividend payout, you'll need to buy Applied Materials shares before 21 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Applied Materials's dividend yield is perhaps best considered in relation to those of similar companies.
- Analog Devices (ADI.US): 1.99% (1.99% forward annual dividend yield)
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US): (does not pay dividend)
- NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US): 0.04% (0.04% forward annual dividend yield)
Applied Materials's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 April 2002. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Applied Materials shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Applied Materials shares which in turn could have impacted Applied Materials's share price.
It's as easy to sell Applied Materials as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Applied Materials shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Applied Materials shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Applied Materials financials

Revenue TTM	$27.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	30.35%
Gross profit TTM	$13.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	15.56%
Return on equity TTM	35.19%
Profit margin	22.95%
Book value	$22.93
Market capitalisation	$126 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Applied Materials shares

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