Joel Greenblatt acquired 199 Thousand Applied Materials shares worth $31 Million. That's 0.31% of their equity portfolio (22nd largest holding). The first Applied Materials trade was made in Q4 2010. Since then Joel Greenblatt bought shares 21 more times and sold shares on 33 occasions. The stake costed the investor $6.99 Million, netting the investor a gain of 344% so far.