Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Price Target Raised to $240.00

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) had its target price hoisted by The Goldman Sachs Group from $210.00 to $240.00 in a research report report published on Wednesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a neutral rating on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on AMD. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $260.00 to $255.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Friday, October 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.53.

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Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 1.7%

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $200.21 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $219.59 and its 200-day moving average is $207.99. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. Advanced Micro Devices has a 12 month low of $76.48 and a 12 month high of $267.08. The firm has a market cap of $326.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 75.55, a P/E/G ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.94.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The firm had revenue of $10.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 34.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total value of $4,216,954.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $62,679,337.38. The trade was a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total transaction of $572,453.64. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. This represents a 12.99% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 271,892 shares of company stock worth $58,476,908. Corporate insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Micro Devices

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 158,522,860 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $33,949,256,000 after purchasing an additional 2,525,109 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 74,919,276 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $16,044,712,000 after buying an additional 1,094,835 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,584,845 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $8,015,897,000 after buying an additional 287,525 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth about $4,929,312,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 20,325,288 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $4,352,864,000 after acquiring an additional 55,969 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company’s product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.

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