Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) has disclosed a new purchase of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock (AMAT), according to a Periodic Transaction Report filed under the STOCK Act. The transaction, dated August 6, 2026, was made through a jointly-held account shared with his spouse and is valued between $1,001 and $15,000, a range that places it among the more modest disclosures the site tracks but one worth noting given the timing of other activity around the same stock.
The filing lists the holding as being managed through Morgan Stanley’s Select UMA Account # 1, one of several brokerage accounts Gottheimer has used in past disclosures. Our internal classification tags this filing as a ‘congress buy,’ reflecting a straightforward purchase transaction rather than a sale or exchange.
An Insider Sale in the Same Window
What makes this filing notable is not the size of the trade but its proximity to activity from inside Applied Materials itself. Company insider Hill Brice sold AMAT shares on August 25, 2026, in a transaction valued at $3,594,376 — occurring within 30 days of Gottheimer’s disclosed purchase. There is no indication in the public record that these two transactions are connected in any way, and STOCK Act filings do not establish coordination, intent, or wrongdoing of any kind. They are simply two disclosures involving the same ticker that landed close together on the calendar, which is exactly the kind of pattern this site exists to surface for readers who like to track overlapping signals.
Applied Materials remains a widely held semiconductor-equipment name, and it is not unusual for both institutional investors and members of Congress to hold positions in large-cap tech-adjacent companies. Readers interested in how other categories of large investors approach portfolio changes on a slower, quarterly cadence may want to see our related coverage of BLI – Banque de Luxembourg Investments: 13F Moves Tracked Quarterly, which tracks a different disclosure rhythm entirely but offers useful context on how institutional filings compare to individual congressional trades.
As with all STOCK Act disclosures, this report reflects a legally required filing rather than any special access or advance knowledge on the part of the filer. Members of Congress and their spouses are required to report transactions like this one within a set window, and the amount ranges disclosed are broad bands rather than exact figures. We will continue monitoring for any follow-up filings tied to this account or this ticker as they become available.