AMAT CEO Dickerson sells 78,321 shares for $55.6M (blended avg $709.26) across 4 transactions on 2026-06-29 to 2026-06-30; stock now $650.91
Gary E Dickerson, President and CEO of Applied Materials, executed 4 separate sales totaling 78,321 shares for $55,550,319.99 at a blended average price of $709.26 over two trading days. The CEO retains 1,599,843 shares post-transaction, a 4.7% net reduction in his holdings. This substantial equity reduction by the top executive occurred when the stock traded near its 52-week high of $739.67; the current price of $650.91 reflects a -12.0% decline from that peak, suggesting the sales occurred in a relatively elevated price environment. Dickerson's cross-ticker track record shows a 100% win rate on his 13 prior open-market sales with an average 90-day well-timed rate of 100.00%, though his same-ticker history at AMAT consists of 5 prior sales on 2026-06-16 with outcomes not yet measurable. The transaction represents material portfolio liquidity by the CEO of a $516.8B market cap semiconductor equipment leader with $7.9B in latest quarterly revenue.