Insiders are generally long-term investors due to restriction in making short-term profits. In contrast, wealth management institutions always have short-term investment. Wall St. Watchdog reveals information regarding the insiders and institutions which recently increased stock shares of Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT).

SEC data indicate these insiders have bought Applied Materials Inc.’s stock since 06/30/2011:

Swan Robert Holmes: act as Director. On 08/26/2011, bought 10,000 shares, worth $109,800.

SEC data indicate that these institutions significantly increased their stock shares of Applied Materials Inc. in Q3 2011:

ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP: On 06/30/2011, held 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, held 16,523,500 shares, worth $170,026,815.

TRILOGY GLOBAL ADVISORS LP: On 06/30/2011, held 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, held 3,871,743 shares, worth $39,840,235.

WCG MANAGEMENT, L.P.: On 06/30/2011, held 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, held 2,391,988 shares, worth $24,613,557.

SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC: On 06/30/2011, held 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, held 1,396,725 shares, worth $14,372,300.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO: On 06/30/2011, held 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, held 1,061,808 shares, worth $10,926,004.

About the company: Applied Materials, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment and related spare parts for the worldwide semiconductor industry. The Company’s customers include semiconductor wafer and integrated circuit manufacturers, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules and other electronic devices manufacturers.

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(Note: Data regarding Applied Materials Inc.’s stock holdings are sourced from whalewisdom.com. All data are assumed to be accurate.)

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