October Effect Ltd Sells 17,878 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

October Effect Ltd decreased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 71.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 7,222 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 17,878 shares during the period. Advanced Micro Devices makes up about 1.3% of October Effect Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position. October Effect Ltd’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,168,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,551,000 after acquiring an additional 29,438 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $758,000 after buying an additional 2,970 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 16.5% during the second quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 6,686 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $949,000 after buying an additional 948 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.8% during the second quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,367 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $762,000 after buying an additional 198 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $259.68 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $218.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $198.87. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $76.48 and a 1-year high of $267.08. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $422.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 128.56, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.95.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $9.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.76 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 8.04% and a net margin of 10.32%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,108 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $240.12, for a total transaction of $4,107,972.96. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,714,505 shares in the company, valued at approximately $411,686,940.60. This represents a 0.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.14, for a total transaction of $26,892,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,277,476 shares in the company, valued at $705,116,186.64. This trade represents a 3.67% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 164,000 shares of company stock valued at $36,034,173 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: MarketWatch says AMD may be better positioned than Intel to handle a supply crunch, driving investor rotation into AMD as Intel’s outlook weakens. Why AMD’s stock is charging higher as Intel’s sinks
• Positive Sentiment: Invezz reports investors repositioned into AMD after Intel’s disappointing Q4 guidance, underscoring the view that AMD can pick up CPU/server orders Intel can’t supply. AMD stock jumps 4% on Friday: is Intel’s Q4 report the catalyst?
• Positive Sentiment: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced a strategic collaboration to help customers scale AI with AMD technology — expands enterprise distribution and could accelerate adoption of AMD CPUs/GPUs in production AI deployments. Tata Consultancy Services Announces Strategic Collaboration with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
• Positive Sentiment: Cathie Wood/ARK says AMD can challenge Nvidia this year with cheaper data-center GPUs — a bullish institutional view that supports multiple-expansion narratives if AMD takes GPU share. Cathie Wood Thinks AMD Will Challenge Nvidia This Year
• Positive Sentiment: TipRanks notes a jump after AMD revealed price and release-date details for the Ryzen 7 9850X3D — product cadence and consumer/PC momentum remain tailwinds. AMD Stock Jumps on Ryzen 7 9850X3D Price & Release Date Reveal
• Neutral Sentiment: QuiverQuant highlights AMD as a notable contributor to QQQ gains and shows broad analyst buy ratings and range of price targets — bullish consensus but also dispersion in targets. QQQ is up 0.7% today, on AMD stock price movement
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks and other outlets flag AMD’s strong AI/data-center momentum and expanding partner base — positive fundamentals but valuation and execution will determine sustainability. AMD’s Resurgence: Outpacing Nvidia in 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Seeking Alpha warns of downside risk if tech momentum fades and notes potential for underperformance/downgrades — investors should weigh high valuation and recent insider selling against growth expectations. AMDY: Risk Of Underperformance As Tech Momentum Fades (Rating Downgrade)

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on AMD. CICC Research raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Friday, November 7th. Loop Capital set a $290.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Benchmark upped their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $270.00 to $325.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Roth Mkm reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $279.00 to $277.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 19th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $279.67.

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.