Collaborative Wealth Managment Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 1,070 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $229,000.
Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 158,522,860 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $33,949,256,000 after purchasing an additional 2,525,109 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,824,441 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $11,944,056,000 after purchasing an additional 1,755,182 shares during the period. Amundi boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 17.5% during the third quarter. Amundi now owns 13,486,227 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,181,937,000 after purchasing an additional 2,012,865 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 6.5% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,348,413 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,159,640,000 after purchasing an additional 813,844 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.7% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,579,113 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,873,385,000 after purchasing an additional 191,590 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity
In other news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total value of $55,688,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,021,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,346,286,223.49. This trade represents a 3.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction 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 Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction 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 approximately $140,000,947.80. This represents a 5.66% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 329,085 shares of company stock worth $114,051,007. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices
- Positive Sentiment: AMD is being viewed as a major AI beneficiary, with articles highlighting rising demand for its Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, and rack-scale AI infrastructure products. OneQode to Deploy AMD Instinct GPUs and Plans for AMD Helios Rack-Scale Solution for Global AI Infrastructure
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street appears to be raising its long-term expectations for AMD, with fresh commentary about a possible path to a $1 trillion market cap and higher price targets from analysts. What Will It Take for AMD’s Market Cap to Hit $1 Trillion?
- Positive Sentiment: Sector-wide strength is also helping AMD, as investors rotate into AI chip stocks beyond Nvidia and bid up semiconductor names broadly. Why Qualcomm, AMD, Intel, other AI stocks are surging sharply on Tuesday
- Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary is more cautionary, noting that momentum in AMD and other chip stocks could eventually face valuation pressure after a strong run. Intel, AMD, and Other Momentum Stocks Look Unstoppable. Look Again.
- Negative Sentiment: There is also competitive concern in the background, with one article arguing Nvidia could pressure AMD in CPUs and related AI markets, which could temper upside if competition intensifies. Nvidia Vs. AMD: Nvidia Will Eat AMD’s CPU Lunch
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research firms recently commented on AMD. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $358.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $265.00 to $525.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Melius Research set a $540.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $579.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and twelve have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $410.00.
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Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 7.8%
NASDAQ:AMD opened at $503.89 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $108.62 and a 12 month high of $506.96. The firm has a market cap of $821.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 165.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 2.40. 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 company’s 50 day moving average is $309.03 and its 200-day moving average is $250.05.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.96 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 EPS for the current year.
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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