NFSG Corp grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) by 78.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,487 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,606 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices makes up 0.9% of NFSG Corp’s holdings, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. NFSG Corp’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $5,388,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the fourth 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 position in 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 purchasing an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 2,970 shares during the period. United Bank lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 2,392 shares during the period. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 7,228 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $505.00 to $615.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Mizuho upped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $515.00 to $615.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. William Blair began coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Seaport Research Partners upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $467.84.
Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised price targets on AMD, including Bank of America to $620 and KeyBanc to $725, reinforcing the view that the stock still has meaningful upside tied to its AI and server businesses. Benzinga report on Bank of America target hike
- Positive Sentiment: Investors are also reacting to expectations that AMD could deliver a beat-and-raise quarter, with Bank of America citing surging demand for EPYC CPUs and AI accelerators. Barchart article on AMD beat-and-raise expectations
- Positive Sentiment: Broader semiconductor shares rebounded after Monday’s selloff as war and supply-chain fears eased, lifting AMD along with peers like Nvidia and Intel. Yahoo Finance article on chip rebound
- Positive Sentiment: Reports that AMD is following Nvidia’s playbook in AI infrastructure, plus news of its AI Developer Program and other AI ecosystem activity, added to optimism that AMD is strengthening its long-term competitive position in AI. Barchart article on AMD following Nvidia’s playbook
- Neutral Sentiment: AMD also benefited from a positive shift in China’s AI chips outlook, which helped improve the tone across the semiconductor sector. TipRanks article on China AI chips scenario
- Negative Sentiment: Some reports still point to near-term volatility, including recent selling pressure from macro and geopolitical worries, even as the stock has since bounced. Benzinga article on AMD drop from supply-chain fears
Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 2.6%
AMD opened at $548.13 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $499.06 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $324.25. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $149.22 and a 1-year high of $584.73. The company has a market cap of $893.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 179.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.
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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The business’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.96 EPS. Analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices
In other news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total transaction of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,896,899 shares in the company, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. The trade was a 4.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 directly owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at $46,759,604.58. The trade was a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 368,739 shares of company stock worth $159,602,431 in the last quarter. Company 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.
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