Temasek Holdings Private Ltd purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 33,476 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $7,169,000.
Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth $4,929,312,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 181.6% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 10,910,310 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,336,552,000 after buying an additional 7,035,991 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $1,000,783,000. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $784,330,000 after buying an additional 3,735,807 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 340.1% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,747,834 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,016,796,000 after buying an additional 3,669,054 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts have commented on AMD shares. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $345.00 to $505.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. 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. Finally, BTIG Research raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $428.65.
Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: AMD and Rackspace Technology signed a definitive agreement for a phased deployment of 30 MW of AMD AI compute across Rackspace data centers, reinforcing demand for AMD’s AI hardware in enterprise infrastructure. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: AMD’s reported acquisition of MEXT is being viewed as a strategic move to tackle one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks—memory performance—supporting the company’s longer-term AI competitiveness. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Several analysts remain constructive on AMD, citing AI-driven growth, stronger CPU demand, and potential upside to consensus estimates, which is helping fuel bullish sentiment around the stock. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Broader AI and semiconductor enthusiasm is also lifting AMD, with articles highlighting the company as a core beneficiary of durable AI demand rather than just short-term momentum. Article Title
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total value of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. This represents a 4.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $140,000,947.80. This trade represents a 5.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. Insiders sold 372,032 shares of company stock valued at $158,658,616 over the last quarter. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 7.0%
Shares of AMD opened at $547.26 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $892.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 179.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 2.50. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12-month low of $117.78 and a 12-month high of $558.37. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $393.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $277.00.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current year.
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.
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