DJ Applied Materials Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Applied Materials Inc. $(AMAT)$ slid 1.65% to $484.19 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,652.86.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Applied Materials Inc. closed 34.54% short of its 52-week high of $739.67, which the company achieved on June 30th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Broadcom Inc. $(AVGO)$ fell 2.63% to $358.76, Qualcomm Inc. $(QCOM)$ fell 1.38% to $158.53, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $(AMD)$ fell 3.49% to $456.75.
Trading volume (8.4 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 9.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 24, 2026.