On July 15, Applied Materials fell 3.51% in regular trading, trading at 573.06 USD/share, with turnover of $1.279 billion. Despite UBS raising its target price from $570 to $705 while maintaining a Buy rating, and the stock rising over 4% in pre-market trading, the semiconductor equipment sector collectively reversed lower after the open, dragging shares down.
Sector-wide selling pressured the stock, with peers Lam Research falling 4.52%, KLA-Tencor down 4.49%, and Teradyne declining 5.50%. The reversal comes amid persistent short-term profit-taking pressure following the stock's nearly 9% single-day surge on July 9, when multiple investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho, and Stifel raised target prices to the $630-650 range and CEO Gary Dickerson signaled strong long-term visibility into chip equipment demand extending beyond 2027. The stock has exhibited a pattern of volatile bull-bear tug-of-war since that sharp advance.
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