Dockside LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 4,254 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $2,471,000.
Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of AMD. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $4,929,312,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $2,336,552,000 after purchasing an additional 7,035,991 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $1,000,783,000. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $784,330,000 after purchasing an additional 3,735,807 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 340.1% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,747,834 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,016,796,000 after purchasing an additional 3,669,054 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices
In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $536.33, for a total value of $3,217,980.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,233,687 shares in the company, valued at $661,663,348.71. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 143 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.75, for a total transaction of $67,889.25. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 17,644 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,376,489. This trade represents a 0.80% decrease in their position. 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. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 161,077 shares of company stock worth $74,732,145. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Advanced Micro Devices News Summary
- Positive Sentiment: Baird issued a highly bullish $1,250 price target, reinforcing the view that AMD’s AI accelerator and data-center businesses could expand substantially. Broadcom Sinks as AMD Climbs on Baird’s Call
- Positive Sentiment: AMD announced day-one support for the Qwen3.8 27B AI model, a development that may improve adoption of its chips and software among AI developers and data-center customers. AMD Supports Qwen3.8 27B AI Model
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its 2030 server-CPU market forecast to more than $210 billion from roughly $170 billion, citing demand from AI agents. AMD was identified as one of the bank’s preferred semiconductor investments. Bank of America Raises AI Chip Forecast
- Positive Sentiment: AMD is preparing a record bond offering of up to $5 billion to finance AI infrastructure, partnerships and other corporate needs. The funding could support its Helios platform and large customer commitments, including from Microsoft and AI companies. AMD Plans $5 Billion Bond Sale
- Neutral Sentiment: Institutional activity was mixed: Mirova disclosed a new AMD position worth approximately $145 million, while other funds reported reductions. Because these filings reflect holdings as of June 30, they provide limited insight into current positioning. Mirova Opens AMD Position
- Negative Sentiment: Risks include AMD’s demanding valuation, the added leverage from the bond sale and competitive pressure after reports that SpaceX plans to use Nvidia chips exclusively. Recent insider trading data also shows selling, although the reported sale by SVP Ava Hahn was made under a prearranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. SpaceX Selects Nvidia Exclusively
Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 6.5%
NASDAQ:AMD opened at $514.39 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $839.73 billion, a PE ratio of 132.23 and a beta of 2.48. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $149.22 and a fifty-two week high of $584.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.61 and a quick ratio of 1.91. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $511.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $367.48.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $11.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The firm’s revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.48 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research firms have issued reports on AMD. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $635.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $650.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $615.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $478.00 to $594.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $546.87.
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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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