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Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History

Top AMAT institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.

Ownership read

AMAT insider sentiment: Net selling.

BLACKROCK is the largest loaded institutional holder. 60 sale rows and 0 purchase rows are visible in the loaded Form 4 history. Use the filters below to separate real buying and selling from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.

Insider flow

AMAT

Purchases
Sales1.14M

Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.

Top holder

78.97M

BLACKROCK

Insider stance

Net selling

$252.37M sold / — bought

Latest filing

May 26, 2026

Most recent holder or insider filing date

Rows loaded

240

120 holder / 120 insider

Holder rows
120
Market data feed
Latest filing
May 26, 2026
Most recent holder or insider filing date
Increased / initiated
59
60 decreased in loaded rows
Insider rows
120
Market data feed

Top 120 institutional holders

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) institutional ownership

Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and latest filing dates where the ownership feed supplies them.

BLACKROCK

Rank #1

9.91%

Shares
78.97M
Change
+3.72M
Change %
+4.94%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD GROUP INC

Rank #2

9.63%

Shares
76.78M
Change
+330.20K
Change %
+43.00%
Filing
Dec 31, 2025

Increased

VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Rank #3

6.47%

Shares
51.58M
Change
+51.58M
Change %
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Initiated

STATE STREET CORP

Rank #4

4.70%

Shares
37.51M
Change
-423.67K
Change %
-1.12%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS

Rank #5

3.69%

Shares
29.46M
Change
-3.25M
Change %
-9.94%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Rank #6

2.75%

Shares
21.92M
Change
+3.31M
Change %
+17.80%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

Rank #7

2.17%

Shares
17.26M
Change
+17.26M
Change %
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Initiated

MORGAN STANLEY

Rank #8

1.49%

Shares
11.84M
Change
+373.05K
Change %
+3.25%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

NORGES BANK

Rank #9

1.40%

Shares
11.12M
Change
+2.36M
Change %
+26.95%
Filing
Dec 31, 2025

Increased

UBS AM

Rank #10

1.25%

Shares
10.00M
Change
-691.02K
Change %
-6.46%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

INVESCO LTD.

Rank #11

1.22%

Shares
9.71M
Change
+1.72M
Change %
+21.58%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC

Rank #12

1.12%

Shares
8.94M
Change
-1.35M
Change %
-13.13%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

NORTHERN TRUST CORP

Rank #13

1.10%

Shares
8.79M
Change
-209.57K
Change %
-2.33%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP

Rank #14

1.08%

Shares
8.60M
Change
-346.20K
Change %
-3.87%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC

Rank #15

0.99%

Shares
7.86M
Change
+1.17M
Change %
+17.41%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP

Rank #16

0.83%

Shares
6.64M
Change
-1.21M
Change %
-15.38%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Decreased

AMUNDI

Rank #17

0.82%

Shares
6.56M
Change
+312.79K
Change %
+5.01%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\

Rank #18

0.81%

Shares
6.49M
Change
+70.25K
Change %
+1.09%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC

Rank #19

0.80%

Shares
6.41M
Change
+39.37K
Change %
+62.00%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

FMR LLC

Rank #20

0.80%

Shares
6.40M
Change
+1.56M
Change %
+32.33%
Filing
Mar 31, 2026

Increased

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Recent insider transactions

Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) Form 4 filings

Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding.

BRUNER, JUDY

Director

Sale to issuer
Shares
1.13K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$450.00
Value
$507,600

Filed May 26, 2026

SANDERS, ADAM

Corp. Controller & CAO

Sale to issuer
Shares
268
% company
<0.01%
Price
$434.22
Value
$116,370

Filed May 22, 2026

DE, GEUS AART

Director

Sale to issuer
Shares
17.86K
% company
<0.01%
Price
Not reported
Value
Not reported

Filed May 21, 2026

SANDERS, ADAM

Corp. Controller & CAO

Sale to issuer
Shares
125
% company
<0.01%
Price
$353.80
Value
$44,225

Filed Apr 1, 2026

IANNOTTI, THOMAS J

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

DE, GEUS AART

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

MARCH, KEVIN P

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

MCGREGOR, SCOTT A

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

BORKAR, RANI

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

ANDERSON, JAMES ROBERT

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

BRUNER, JUDY

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

CHEN, XUN

Director

Award / grant
Shares
741
% company
<0.01%
Price
No cash value
Value
No cash value

Filed Mar 12, 2026

Showing 12 of 120 matching Form 4 rows. Percent of company uses current shares outstanding when available.Load more insiders

Frequently asked

Common questions.

Who are the largest AMAT shareholders?

BLACKROCK is the largest institutional holder in the loaded AMAT ownership feed, with 78.97 million shares, or about 9.91% of shares outstanding. The table ranks additional institutions by reported share count.

What is institutional ownership of AMAT?

The current TECHi snapshot has 120 loaded institutional rows for Applied Materials Inc. 59 rows are marked increased or initiated, while 60 rows are marked decreased, with the latest holder filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

Where can I see Applied Materials Inc insider transactions?

The insider transaction table currently shows 120 loaded Form 4 rows for AMAT, with the latest insider filing dated May 26, 2026. It separates purchases, sales, option exercises, awards, gifts, and tax withholding so administrative transactions are not confused with open-market trades.

Are AMAT insiders buying or selling?

The loaded AMAT Form 4 rows currently read Net selling: 60 sale rows and 0 purchase rows. Awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding are shown separately because they do not carry the same signal as open-market buying or selling.

Who is the most active AMAT insider in the loaded filings?

DICKERSON, GARY E is the most active insider by absolute share movement in the loaded AMAT rows, with 1.29 million shares moving across the visible filing history. Review the action labels before treating that activity as buying or selling.