St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC Cuts Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC trimmed its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 31.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,031 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 7,040 shares during the period. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for 2.0% of St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position. St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $3,219,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% in 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 lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,824,441 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,944,056,000 after buying an additional 1,755,182 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter valued at about $3,094,662,000. Amundi boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 17.5% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 13,486,227 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,181,937,000 after buying an additional 2,012,865 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 6.5% in the 3rd 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. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on AMD shares. China Renaissance started coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $291.00 price objective on the stock. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. DA Davidson upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $345.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, UBS Group set a $310.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Samsung partnership and memory supply tie-up strengthen AMD’s AI accelerator roadmap and HBM supply outlook, supporting demand for future MI450/Helios GPUs. What AMD’s Expanded Samsung AI Memory Partnership Means
• Positive Sentiment: Vietnam-backed R&D hub and training push (with Samsung) signal capacity for AMD’s AI engineering and talent expansion in Asia — a constructive long-term growth lever. Vietnam Backs AMD R&D Hub
• Positive Sentiment: Micron’s blowout quarter highlights massive AI memory demand (HBM) that benefits AMD GPU/server builds — a sector tailwind for AMD’s data-center roadmap. Micron AI Memory Demand
• Positive Sentiment: New supply/assembly partnerships (e.g., Celestica) and expanded go-to-market partners support ramp plans for AMD’s AI accelerators. Celestica Partners with AMD
• Neutral Sentiment: RBC keeps a “Sector Perform” rating and $230 target, reflecting cautious optimism—useful context but not a catalyst by itself. RBC Maintains Sector Perform on AMD
• Neutral Sentiment: ARKK’s exposure to AMD means ETF flows and tech rotation (Cathie Wood’s fund under pressure YTD) can amplify moves in AMD but are flow-driven rather than fundamental. Is the ARK Innovation ETF Finding a Floor?
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes (Zacks) emphasize AMD’s partner-led AI strategy and execution progress, but also call out intense competition from NVDA/AVGO — balanced outlook. AMD Relies on a Rich Partner Base
• Negative Sentiment: Sector weakness and competition headlines (Intel pullback, Broadcom/Nvidia strength) are pressuring AMD as investors reallocate within semis. Intel Dips 5%, AMD Down 3%
• Negative Sentiment: Quiver Quant shows heavy insider selling activity and highlights short-term price weakness and institutional portfolio reshuffling—this amplifies near-term downside sentiment. Quiver Quant AMD Data
• Negative Sentiment: Industry supply concerns (e.g., reported helium/gas crunch) and a broader tech pullback can create transient hardware-production or sentiment headwinds. Why Semiconductor Stocks Are Falling
• Neutral Sentiment: March short‑interest notices in the feed show zero shares / NaN changes — the data looks inconsistent and is not a meaningful signal today.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMD opened at $201.29 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $76.48 and a 52-week high of $267.08. The stock has a market cap of $328.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 75.96, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.98. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $215.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $211.02.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total value of $4,216,954.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $62,679,337.38. This represents a 6.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total transaction of $572,453.64. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 16,359 shares in the company, valued at $3,834,876.78. The trade was a 12.99% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 239,392 shares of company stock valued at $50,016,383 over the last quarter. Insiders own 0.06% 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.