Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It

Applied Materials (AMAT) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.Over the past month, shares of this maker of chipmaking equipment have returned -9.1%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.2% change. During this period, the Zacks Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication industry, which Applied Materials falls in, has lost 10.8%. The key question ...