Insider Selling: Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) EVP Sells $10,832,450.64 in Stock

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total transaction of $10,832,450.64. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. This trade represents a 18.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Paul Darren Grasby also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 11th, Paul Darren Grasby sold 7,500 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.87, for a total transaction of $1,536,525.00.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $449.70 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $733.28 billion, a PE ratio of 147.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 2.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $269.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $239.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.96. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $107.67 and a 12 month high of $469.21.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on AMD shares. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $248.00 to $358.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Mizuho upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $415.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $270.00 to $385.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and twelve have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $396.95.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Impax Asset Management Group plc increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 326.5% in the 3rd quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 52,068 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $8,424,000 after buying an additional 39,861 shares during the period. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 127.6% in the 3rd quarter. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC now owns 72,602 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,746,000 after buying an additional 40,708 shares during the period. Wedbush Securities Inc. increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 84,256 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $13,632,000 after buying an additional 6,095 shares during the period. Highline Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 4,891.6% in the 4th quarter. Highline Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,286 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,775,000 after buying an additional 8,120 shares during the period. Finally, William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 72.5% in the 3rd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,047,200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $169,426,000 after buying an additional 440,296 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AMD unveiled new Ryzen PRO 9000 workstation chips with 3D V-Cache, aimed at boosting performance for AI, simulation, and gaming, which could support client and gaming revenue later in 2026. Article: New Ryzen PRO 9000 Offerings Lift AMD’s Client & Gaming: What’s Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts raised price targets on AMD, including Bank of America’s move to $500 and Mizuho’s hike to $515, reinforcing the view that AI/server demand remains a strong tailwind. Article: Top Bank of America Analyst Raises AMD Stock Price Target – Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary says AMD is becoming a more important AI infrastructure player, helped by sizable customer wins and strong data-center revenue growth. Article: After AMD’s Blowout Earnings Report, Is This AI Stock About to Enter the $1 Trillion Club?
• Positive Sentiment: UBS said AMD and Arm are continuing to gain server market share while Intel loses share, which supports the bull case for AMD’s core data-center business. Article: AMD and ARM Extend Server Market Gains While Intel Loses Share (AMD)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts remain cautious on valuation, and Northland kept a Market Perform rating even while lifting some earnings estimates, suggesting expectations are already elevated.
• Negative Sentiment: Several articles warned that the semiconductor trade may be cooling after a strong run, with profit-taking and broad tech concentration risks potentially pressuring AMD shares.
• Negative Sentiment: One market piece flagged technical vulnerability in AMD alongside the broader VanEck Semiconductor ETF, hinting that short-term momentum could be vulnerable if sentiment weakens. Article: Advanced Micro Devices and Rambus Show Signs of Technical Vulnerability. Where Prices Could Be Headed.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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.