Pure Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 10,091 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $5,862,000.
Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $4,929,312,000. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at $7,022,226,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. purchased a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at $1,000,783,000. BlackRock Inc. grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 150,301,510 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $87,311,650,000 after buying an additional 4,535,126 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $784,330,000 after acquiring an additional 3,735,807 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Key Advanced Micro Devices News
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: AI demand and product roadmap remain strong: AMD’s previously announced rack-scale platforms and server products are moving closer to deployment, supporting expectations for continued data-center growth. Recent results showed revenue up 50% year over year to $11.54 billion, while management guided to roughly $13 billion in third-quarter revenue. AMD stock ran its published roadmap
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic Nutanix partnership broadens AMD’s AI offering: AMD’s equity investment and joint development agreement with Nutanix could help deliver integrated, open AI inference systems that compete with Nvidia’s software-centric platform. AMD and Nutanix strategic partnership
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst comparisons favor rivals on risk-reward: Commentary argues Broadcom offers better diversification and a lower valuation, while Nvidia’s stronger profitability, CUDA ecosystem and recent outperformance give it an advantage over AMD. These comparisons may limit enthusiasm despite AMD’s growth prospects. Broadcom versus AMD risk-reward comparison
- Negative Sentiment: Potential tariffs increase cost and supply-chain risk: Reports that the administration may extend semiconductor tariffs to products containing chips, including data-center servers, have raised concerns about higher costs and disrupted hardware supply chains. Why AMD stock is sliding
- Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and selling activity weigh on sentiment: ARK Invest sold approximately $18 million of AMD shares while reallocating capital to Broadcom and Cerebras. AMD EVP Jean Hu also sold $7.1 million of stock under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, although she retained a substantial position. Cathie Wood sold AMD stock
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last released 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 firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The business’s revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.48 earnings per share. Analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Seaport Research Partners upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. BMO Capital Markets started coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $550.00 target price on the stock. Barclays downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, June 12th. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.72.
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Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices
In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Jean X. Hu sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.08, for a total value of $7,111,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 160,979 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $76,316,924.32. This trade represents a 8.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $514.91, for a total value of $7,723,650.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 117,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,598,213.17. This represents a 11.30% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold a total of 241,203 shares of company stock valued at $114,011,942 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.
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.
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