Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Stake Reduced by J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG trimmed its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 24.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,446 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 6,258 shares during the quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $4,168,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 155,997,751 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,238,876,000 after purchasing an additional 1,348,892 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,824,441 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $11,944,056,000 after buying an additional 1,755,182 shares during the last quarter. Amundi grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 17.5% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 13,486,227 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,181,937,000 after buying an additional 2,012,865 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 6.5% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,348,413 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,159,640,000 after buying an additional 813,844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.7% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,579,113 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,873,385,000 after buying an additional 191,590 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 3.8%

Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $203.43 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52 week low of $76.48 and a 52 week high of $267.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $331.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $212.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $214.10.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $10.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The company’s revenue was up 34.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.09 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AMD. DA Davidson raised Advanced Micro Devices to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Mizuho boosted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Truist Financial set a $283.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AI customer talks — South Korean AI startup Upstage is reported to be negotiating to buy ~10,000 AMD MI355 accelerators, a sizable order that would directly validate demand for AMD’s data‑center AI GPUs and support revenue visibility for the Instinct line. AI Startup “Upstage” in Talks to Purchase 10,000 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Chips in Korea
• Positive Sentiment: Supply/price dynamics — Social and trade reports suggest AMD plans 10–15% CPU price increases amid supply tightness and extended lead times, which investors interpret as proof of strong demand and pricing power that could boost margins. AMD Stock (AMD) Opinions on CPU Price Hikes and AI Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Memory/foundry partnership — AMD and Samsung expanded their collaboration on next‑gen HBM4 memory for Instinct GPUs (and discussed potential foundry work), which helps secure critical supply for high‑end AI accelerators and reduces execution risk for data‑center ramps. AMD And Samsung Partnership Adds New Piece To AI Supply Story
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism — Firms including UBS and several boutique shops have issued bullish notes and higher price targets (median targets remain well above current levels), which can attract fresh inflows and support multiple expansion as AI megadeals are priced in. AMD Stock Gains Momentum As UBS Eyes 54% Upside On AI Megadeals
• Neutral Sentiment: Market narratives — Several buy‑before‑earnings and long‑term bull pieces highlight AMD as a core AI/infrastructure play ahead of new launches, keeping constructive analyst coverage but not adding immediate hard revenue. 2 AI Chip Stocks I’d Buy Before Their Next Earnings Reports
• Negative Sentiment: Gaming revenue risk — Zacks flags that gaming revenue, while up year‑over‑year, showed a sharp sequential decline and a weaker semi‑custom outlook that could temper near‑term growth and increase quarter‑to‑quarter volatility. AMD’s Gaming Revenues Set to Decelerate: What’s the Path Ahead?
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and recent volatility — Data aggregators show substantial insider sales and recent session pullbacks tied to broader tech selling and geopolitics, which can pressure sentiment and create short‑term downside even as fundamentals improve. $AMD stock is down 4% today. Here’s what we see in our data.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.36, for a total transaction of $26,795,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,152,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $675,764,755.36. The trade was a 3.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total value of $4,216,954.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,679,337.38. This represents a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 239,392 shares of company stock worth $50,016,383. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.