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What’s Big Money? Said simply, it’s when a stock rises due to institutional demand. Top stocks tend to attract savvy investors.
You see, fund managers are always looking to bet on the next outperforming stocks…the best in class. They spend countless hours sizing up companies, reading reports, speaking to analysts…you name it. When they find a company firing on all cylinders, they pounce in a big way.
The 1-year action tells the story. Each green bar signals unusual increasing volumes in AMAT shares, pushing the stock higher. We believe this to be institutional demand:
Few stocks have charts this strong. Recent green bars suggest healthy demand. But, what about the fundamental story?
Next, I want to make sure the fundamental story is healthy too. As you can see, AMAT has had positive sales & earnings growth in recent years:
Source: FactSet
Marrying great fundamentals with our proprietary Big Money software has found some big winning stocks over the long-term.
Check this out. Applied Materials has been a top-rated stock at MAPsignals. That means the stock has had buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.
It’s made the rare Top 20 report many times. The blue bars below shows when AMAT was a top pick:
Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of the MAPsignals process.
Don’t fight the Big Money!
The AMAT rally has been in place all year. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.
Disclosure: the author holds no position in AMAT at the time of publication.
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Applied Materials is a company that provides equipment, services and software for the manufacture of semiconductor chips and other products. Semiconductor chips are tiny electronic devices that power computers, smartphones, and many other devices. Applied Materials helps its customers to make these chips by modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale1
Applied Materials is the largest supplier of semiconductor equipment in the world based on revenue2 It also supplies equipment to produce coatings for flexible electronics, packaging and other applications. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has operations in over 20 countries1
Applied Materials was founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly and others2 Since then, it has grown and diversified through acquisitions and partnerships. Some of its products include chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machines, which deposit thin layers of materials on silicon wafers; etch systems, which remove unwanted materials from wafers; inspection and metrology systems, which measure and verify the quality of wafers; and advanced display systems, which create screens for computers, smartphones, and televisions12
Applied Materials is a leader in materials engineering solutions that make possible a better future1
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