Opal Capital LLC Invests $1.01 Million in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Opal Capital LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 4,980 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,013,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 16.0% during the 1st quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 3,724 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $758,000 after purchasing an additional 515 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 11.8% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,252 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,492,000 after buying an additional 1,290 shares during the period. Empire Financial Management Company LLC raised its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 7.0% in the first quarter. Empire Financial Management Company LLC now owns 20,202 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $4,110,000 after buying an additional 1,322 shares during the period. ROI Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the first quarter valued at approximately $247,000. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 37.1% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 260,777 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $53,050,000 after buying an additional 70,564 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $454.62 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $741.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 149.06 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a quick ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business’s 50 day moving average is $514.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $345.23. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $149.22 and a 52-week high of $584.73.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: AMD and Core Scientific announced a partnership under which AMD can secure up to 2.5 gigawatts of data-center capacity, including an initial deployment of more than 500 megawatts beginning in 2027. The agreement supports deployments of AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm software, giving AMD greater control over scarce AI infrastructure. Core Scientific signs AI infrastructure deal with AMD
• Positive Sentiment: The deal reinforces AMD’s strategy of selling complete AI systems rather than individual chips. Commentary following the Advancing AI 2026 event highlighted the Helios rack-scale platform as a potential competitor to Nvidia’s full-stack offerings, while analysts cited the Helios and Venice launches in raising price targets, including Mizuho’s $625 target. Mizuho lifts AMD stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: AMD’s EPYC CPUs are being used by South Korean industrial-AI startup AiBiz for GPU-free semiconductor defect detection, offering another example of demand for AMD’s server processors beyond traditional cloud AI workloads. AiBiz deploys AMD EPYC CPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Options markets imply a potentially significant move around AMD’s second-quarter report, scheduled for August 4. Analysts expect continued earnings and revenue growth, but the stock’s approximately 149 forward-looking valuation measure leaves limited room for an earnings miss or cautious guidance. AMD earnings volatility outlook
• Negative Sentiment: AMD is being pulled lower by a widespread chip-stock selloff tied to concerns about China’s advances in memory and semiconductor manufacturing, rising AI data-center financing costs and fears that the AI trade has become too concentrated in a few leaders. Why Intel and AMD stocks are tumbling
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider-trading data shows AMD executives, including CEO Lisa Su, have reported sales and no open-market purchases over the past six months. While such sales may reflect compensation or diversification, they can add to investor caution after the stock’s substantial rally.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,896,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,334,572,400.31. This represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed 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 stock in a transaction dated 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 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 position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 310,310 shares of company stock worth $141,185,456 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMD has been the subject of several recent research reports. Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $260.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Wedbush increased their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $700.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $528.11.

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.