Churchill Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 1,847 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $396,000.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 158,522,860 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $33,949,256,000 after buying an additional 2,525,109 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of 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 boosted its stake in shares of 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. boosted its stake 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 worth $2,159,640,000 after buying an additional 813,844 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake 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 worth $1,873,385,000 after buying an additional 191,590 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 324,527 shares in the company, valued at $140,000,947.80. The trade was a 5.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total value of $55,688,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,021,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,346,286,223.49. This represents a 3.97% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 329,085 shares of company stock worth $114,051,007 in the last quarter. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.
More Advanced Micro Devices News
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: CEO Lisa Su said AMD expects strong CPU growth over the next five years, helping fuel optimism about long-term demand for its data center chips. AMD Stock Rallies as Lisa Su Expects CPU Growth of ‘35% Each Year’ for the Next 5 Years
- Positive Sentiment: AMD began ramping production of its “Venice” EPYC CPUs on TSMC’s 2nm node, a major manufacturing milestone that supports its AI and server growth story. AMD Announces Production Ramp of Next-Generation AMD EPYC Processor “Venice” on TSMC 2nm Process Technology
- Positive Sentiment: AMD announced more than $10 billion of investment across Taiwan’s AI ecosystem to expand advanced packaging capacity and support future AI deployments, including the Helios rack-scale platform. AMD Announces More Than $10 Billion in Taiwan Ecosystem Investments to Accelerate AI Infrastructure
- Positive Sentiment: Nvidia’s strong AI commentary and broader chip-sector momentum are boosting confidence that AMD will benefit from continued AI infrastructure spending. AMD Stock (AMD) Hits All-Time High as Nvidia Earnings Boost Confidence in the AI Trade
- Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary suggests AMD’s sharp rally has already priced in a lot of good news, so investors may continue debating valuation after the recent run-up. After a Q1 Blowout and a Soaring Share Price, Is AMD Stock Still a Buy?
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts have recently commented on AMD shares. Susquehanna upped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. KeyCorp upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $330.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $240.00 to $450.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $579.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and twelve have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $410.00.
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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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