Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Applied’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol AMAT. As of December 6, 2019, there were 2,859 registered holders of Applied common stock. Information regarding quarterly cash dividends declared on Applied Materials’s common stock during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 may be found under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

Performance Graph

The performance graph below shows the five-year cumulative total stockholder return on Applied common stock during the period from October 26, 2014 through October 27, 2019. This is compared with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, the RDG Semiconductor Composite Index and the PHLX Semiconductor Index over the same period. In addition to the RDG Semiconductor Composite Index, Applied has added the PHLX Semiconductor Index, which Applied believes better represents overall semiconductor industry performance. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on October 26, 2014 in Applied common stock and in each of the foregoing indices and assumes reinvestment of dividends, if any. Dollar amounts in the graph are rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future performance.

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*

Among Applied Materials, Inc., the S&P 500 Index,

the RDG Semiconductor Composite Index and the PHLX Semiconductor Index

*Assumes $100 invested on 10/26/14 in stock or 10/31/14 in index, including reinvestment of dividends.

Indexes calculated on month-end basis.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information as of October 27, 2019 with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by Applied during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 pursuant to a publicly announced stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors in February 2018, which authorized up to an aggregate of $6.0 billion in repurchases.