Applied Materials (AMAT) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.Shares of this maker of chipmaking equipment have returned +8.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4% change. The Zacks Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication industry, to which Applied Materials belongs, has gained 2.1% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock ...