North Star Asset Management Inc. Sells 2,931 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

North Star Asset Management Inc. trimmed its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 3.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 89,336 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 2,931 shares during the quarter. North Star Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $19,132,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,001,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $758,000 after acquiring an additional 2,970 shares in the last quarter. United Bank raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,881,000 after acquiring an additional 2,392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,310,000 after acquiring an additional 7,228 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lisa Su said AMD expects strong CPU growth over the next five years, helping fuel optimism about long-term demand for its data center chips. AMD Stock Rallies as Lisa Su Expects CPU Growth of ‘35% Each Year’ for the Next 5 Years
• Positive Sentiment: AMD began ramping production of its “Venice” EPYC CPUs on TSMC’s 2nm node, a major manufacturing milestone that supports its AI and server growth story. AMD Announces Production Ramp of Next-Generation AMD EPYC Processor “Venice” on TSMC 2nm Process Technology
• Positive Sentiment: AMD announced more than $10 billion of investment across Taiwan’s AI ecosystem to expand advanced packaging capacity and support future AI deployments, including the Helios rack-scale platform. AMD Announces More Than $10 Billion in Taiwan Ecosystem Investments to Accelerate AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia’s strong AI commentary and broader chip-sector momentum are boosting confidence that AMD will benefit from continued AI infrastructure spending. AMD Stock (AMD) Hits All-Time High as Nvidia Earnings Boost Confidence in the AI Trade
• Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary suggests AMD’s sharp rally has already priced in a lot of good news, so investors may continue debating valuation after the recent run-up. After a Q1 Blowout and a Soaring Share Price, Is AMD Stock Still a Buy?

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AMD. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $265.00 to $525.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Truist Financial set a $478.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $360.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, HSBC lowered Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the company from $335.00 to $340.00 in a report on Monday, May 4th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating and twelve have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $410.00.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $467.51 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $297.43 and its 200 day moving average is $246.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $762.32 billion, a PE ratio of 153.28, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 2.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $107.67 and a fifty-two week high of $481.41.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.Advanced Micro Devices’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total value of $10,832,450.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,759,604.58. This represents a 18.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total value of $8,406,691.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares in the company, valued at $140,000,947.80. This trade represents a 5.66% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 329,085 shares of company stock worth $114,051,007. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Profile

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.