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Despite the short-term cyclical downturn, the chip industry’s long-term outlook remains positive due to the increasing use of chips in powering critical technologies and government initiatives. Therefore, investors can add quality chip stocks Applied Materials (AMAT), ASE Technology Holding (ASX), and Park Aerospace (PKE) now. Read on.

Investors’ sentiment has been deteriorating in the semiconductor sector amid the lingering supply chain issues and slowing demand. However, Federal initiatives and continued digitization and automation brighten the industry’s long-term prospects. Therefore, investors could consider buying quality chip stocks Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), Applied Materials (AMAT), MaxLinear (MXL), Axcelis (ACLS), and…

Applied Materials Inc's (NASDAQ:AMAT) short percent of float has fallen 5.38% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 10.90 million shares sold short, which is 1.23% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) shares are trading higher Friday morning after the company announced a $6 billion buyback and raised its quarterly dividend from 24 cents to 26 cents per share.

Applied Materials Inc's (NASDAQ:AMAT) short percent of float has risen 3.17% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 11.55 million shares sold short, which is 1.3% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Applied Materials Inc's (NASDAQ:AMAT) short percent of float has fallen 4.55% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 11.12 million shares sold short, which is 1.26% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Piper Sandler analysts Weston Twigg and Harsh Kumar jointly noted that inSpectrum released its January monthly memory contract pricing data, which indicated DRAM 8Gb DDR4 fell 8% month-over-month and that NAND 256Gb TLC dropped 1% on a month-over-month basis.  The analysts, who monitor the three-month rolling average year-over-year change to better gauge trends,…