Sapient Capital LLC Sells 4,414 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Sapient Capital LLC lessened its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 86.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 716 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 4,414 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $416,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JNBA Financial Advisors lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 142.9% during the second quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors now owns 51 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Luminist Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter worth about $46,000. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter worth about $53,000. Toews Corp ADV bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter worth about $66,000. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Forrest Norrod sold 17,261 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $459.95, for a total transaction of $7,939,196.95. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 373,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $171,707,154.15. This trade represents a 4.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,993 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $488.69, for a total value of $1,462,649.17. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 26,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,010,393.87. This trade represents a 10.11% 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. Insiders sold a total of 232,577 shares of company stock valued at $109,509,170 over the last three months. 0.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $477.57 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $779.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 122.77, a PEG ratio of 4.72 and a beta of 2.48. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $149.22 and a twelve month high of $584.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a 50 day moving average of $499.20 and a 200 day moving average of $393.27.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The company’s revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.48 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AMD’s latest quarterly performance supports the bullish case: revenue rose 50% year over year to $11.5 billion, while data-center revenue increased 107% and represented 58% of total sales. Analysts cited strong AI partnerships, management’s favorable outlook and potential EPS doubling by fiscal 2027. AMD: Paying Up For A Ramp That’s Already Been Outlined
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlighting AMD’s possible Saudi AI expansion and broader infrastructure deployments argues that the stock could be undervalued on long-term cash-flow assumptions, despite expensive market-based multiples. AMD Stock May Be 24% Undervalued On Saudi AI Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Technical commentary describes AMD’s recent consolidation as a bullish flag, with a potential breakout if momentum returns. The company is also being viewed as gaining ground in data-center chips relative to Intel. AMD Stock Forecast
• Neutral Sentiment: Brokerage coverage remains broadly constructive, with AMD receiving a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating, but this does not represent a new earnings or business catalyst. AMD Given Consensus Rating of Moderate Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: AMD’s IFA 2026 presentation promoted Strix Halo, Gorgon Halo and local “agentic AI” computing, while collaborations involving ASUS and secure-AI initiatives reinforce its positioning across edge, cloud and enterprise infrastructure. AMD IFA 2026 Keynote
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation is the main risk: analysts say much of AMD’s expected growth is already reflected in the stock, with a forward P/E near 60 times and limited room for execution disappointments. Could an Investment in AMD Double?
• Negative Sentiment: ARK Invest’s reported sale of approximately $72.8 million of AMD and purchase of roughly $53 million of Nvidia highlights investor preference for AMD’s larger rival. Zacks also downgraded AMD from “strong buy” to “hold.” Cathie Wood Cuts AMD and Puts Money Into Nvidia

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on AMD. Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $635.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. Argus boosted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Citigroup upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $579.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.72.

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.