7,394 Shares in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Bought by SageGuard Financial Group LLC

SageGuard Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 7,394 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,583,000.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the third quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% during the third quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the period. Key Capital Management INC acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $38,000. PFS Partners LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 269.2% during the fourth quarter. PFS Partners LLC now owns 192 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Finally, Aviso Financial Inc. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the third quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD stock opened at $274.95 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $213.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $222.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $448.26 billion, a PE ratio of 103.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.96. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $83.75 and a 12 month high of $287.61.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 8.84% and a net margin of 12.52%.The firm had revenue of $10.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.09 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 5.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Truist Financial set a $283.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Phillip Securities raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.14.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.87, for a total transaction of $1,536,525.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 129,598 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,550,742.26. This trade represents a 5.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 27,109 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total transaction of $7,454,975.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,267,357 shares in the company, valued at $348,523,175. This represents a 2.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 273,352 shares of company stock valued at $59,173,070. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Stifel raised its price target to $320 (from $280) and kept a Buy rating, signaling stronger Wall Street conviction that AI infrastructure demand will drive AMD’s revenue and multiple expansion. Stifel Raises AMD Target to $320
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts note an AI-driven “CPU renaissance” that boosts demand for CPUs alongside accelerators — a structural tailwind for AMD’s MI/EPYC roadmap and revenue mix. AI-Driven ‘CPU Renaissance’
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that AMD will deepen collaboration with France to support AI strategy provide potential access to government-backed AI deployments and validation for AMD’s data-center products. AMD to Deepen Collaboration with France
• Positive Sentiment: News of AMD-linked Instinct MI500 activity lifted GlobalFoundries shares and implies stronger ecosystem adoption and partner momentum for AMD’s AI accelerators. That helps sentiment around supply/partner execution. AMD Boosts GlobalFoundries Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Long-form bulls continue to publish high upside scenarios (e.g., $600 targets), keeping momentum and buy-side narrative intact for growth investors focused on AI exposure. AMD: $600 Bullseye
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks pieces highlight AMD as a strong/trending growth stock — useful for positioning context but not an immediate catalyst. Zacks: Strong Growth Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: General AI-stock roundup mentions AMD as a key Nvidia competitor in accelerator markets — supports interest flows but is background rather than a fresh catalyst. Fool: AI Stock Allocation
• Negative Sentiment: Two disclosed EVP stock sales (roughly $7.45M and $1.53M) were reported, which can pressure sentiment and prompt questions about insider timing even if not unusual for executives. EVP Sells $7.45M EVP Sells $1.53M
• Negative Sentiment: A recent Seeking Alpha downgrade piece warns against chasing the rally, which may provoke short-term profit-taking among momentum traders. Don’t Chase Now (Downgrade)

Advanced Micro Devices Company 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.