On June 3, Applied Materials rose 3.04% in regular trading, trading at $504.855/share, with trading volume of $1.251 billion. The stock continued its upward momentum driven by a wave of bullish analyst coverage and strong fundamental catalysts.

On the news front, the rally is supported by a broadening Wall Street consensus. Mizuho recently raised its target price from $500 to $540 while maintaining an Outperform rating. Bernstein lifted its global wafer fabrication equipment spending forecast to $148 billion, representing a 21.4% year-over-year increase, and identified Applied Materials as its top pick among the three major equipment makers due to its highest exposure to advanced logic and DRAM segments. Wolfe Research and Argus also raised their respective targets. Additionally, the company reported quarterly results that exceeded expectations on both EPS and revenue, with optimistic forward guidance reinforcing investor confidence. Separately, the company announced plans to hire 1,000 employees in Southeast Asia, primarily in Singapore, signaling continued operational expansion.

Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, peers traded broadly higher. Among individual stocks, Teradyne up 4.25%, Lam Research up 2.57%, KLA-Tencor up 2.15%, AXT Inc up 1.73%, ASML Holding up 1.09%.

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