Insider trade

Officer sold ~$395K of AMAT shares in the open market

Traded Oct 2, 2026 · Filed Oct 6, 2026

~$395K
Reported value · 725 sh @ $544.562: 3,181
Holds after · shares reported: +0.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.7%, $540.04 → $542.28 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Applied Materials's Corp. Controller & CAO sold $395K of Applied Materials shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Oct 2, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 6, 2026

Officer$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$394,807

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

50 days after results of Aug 13, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $540.04 on Oct 2, 2026, 157% above its 52-week low and 25% below its high, after a 9% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $209.95 (Oct 10, 2025) to $723.00 (Jun 30, 2026), 64% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $496.21 on Aug 20, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references vesting of compensation awards

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-26-065097
Filed / recorded: Oct 6, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
Issuer CIK: 6951
Ticker: AMAT
Reporting person: Adam Sanders
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Corp. Controller & CAO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 725
Price per share: $544.562
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 3,181
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Number of shares includes 3,010 restricted stock units previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in installments in January of 2027 through January of 2030 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vesting date).