<div id="readability-page-1">Semiconductor stock Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) is up 1.7% to trade at $235.81 at last check, on the heels of an upgrade to &#34;buy&#34; from &#34;neutral&#34; at UBS. The firm also hiked its price target to $285 from $250, citing a &#34;significantly more bullish outlook for wafer fab equipment.&#34; Heading into today, analysts were split toward the equity. Sixteen of the 35 brokerages in coverage carried a tepid &#34;hold&#34; recommendation, leaving ample room for more upgrades in the coming weeks. AMAT has been an outperformer on the charts, up 44.7% In 2025. The shares did see a brief post-earnings pullback on Nov. 14 before eking out a gain, however, after a dismal full-year revenue outlook overshadowed its fiscal fourth-quarter beat. The 50-day moving average has since moved in as support, too. Options are looking affordable, per AMAT's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 42%, which ranks in the 24th annual percentile. The equity tends to outperform options traders' volatility estimates, too, as evidenced by its Schaeffer's Volatility Scorecard (SVS) of 93 out of 100.</div>

應用材料

應用材料公司 (NASDAQ:AMAT) 的股票上漲了 1.7%，至 235.81 美元，此前瑞銀將其評級從 “中性” 上調至 “買入”，並將目標價從 250 美元上調至 285 美元，理由是對晶圓廠設備的樂觀前景。分析師意見不一，35 位分析師中有 16 位給予 “持有” 評級。AMAT 的股票在 2025 年上漲了 44.7%。期權價格合理，隱含波動率 (SVI) 為 42%，隱含波動性評分 (SVS) 為 100 分中的 93 分

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