Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) “Sector Perform” Rating Reiterated at Royal Bank Of Canada

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)‘s stock had its “sector perform” rating reiterated by Royal Bank Of Canada in a research note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $230.00 target price on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 15.14% from the stock’s current price.

AMD has been the subject of several other reports. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. UBS Group set a $310.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $358.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. One research analyst has 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.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of AMD traded up $6.36 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $199.75. 11,744,292 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 38,420,238. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $216.16 and a 200-day moving average of $210.44. Advanced Micro Devices has a one year low of $76.48 and a one year high of $267.08. The firm has a market cap of $325.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 75.43, a PEG ratio of 0.73 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.85 and a quick ratio of 2.01.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $10.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.65 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.09 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.36, for a total value of $26,795,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,152,476 shares in the company, valued at approximately $675,764,755.36. This represents a 3.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 289,098 shares in the company, valued at $62,679,337.38. This trade represents a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 154,392 shares of company stock worth $33,120,933. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% during the 3rd quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. raised its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% in the 3rd quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth $27,000. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships and product pipeline: AMD announced a collaboration with Celestica to bring the new “Helios” rack‑scale AI platform to market, strengthening AMD’s data‑center supply chain and go‑to‑market for AI racks. Celestica and AMD Announce Collaboration to Advance the Next Era of AI with “Helios” Rack-Scale AI Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory tailwind: U.S. officials reversed a planned tightening of AI‑chip export rules, removing a potential restriction on AMD’s Instinct GPUs and easing sales to non‑U.S. customers — a meaningful enabler for international data‑center growth. US Export Reversal Clears Path For AMD AI Data Center Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Market narrative around upside: Several bullish takes highlight AMD’s AI momentum (Meta partnership, upcoming MI450 accelerator) and argue the market may be underestimating AMD’s potential in servers and hyperscale AI. These narratives help lift sentiment. Why AMD Stock Could Have More Upside Than Investors Realize
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Some top analysts (e.g., Wolfe Research) continue to back AMD as a long‑term AI play despite near‑term estimate cuts, reinforcing buy‑side conviction. ‘Buy’ AMD Stock, Affirms Top Analyst Despite Near-Term Estimate Cuts
• Neutral Sentiment: Benchmarks and attention: AMD remains a “trending” stock with lots of retail analyst coverage and comparisons to peers; that attention can amplify moves but isn’t a directional catalyst by itself. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It
• Neutral Sentiment: Street positioning: RBC reiterated a Hold rating with a $230 price target — a neutral signal that suggests limited near‑term upside from some institutional investors. Analysts set AMD stock price target
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and analyst caution: Reports of roughly $33M in insider sales and recent notes from Goldman / D.A. Davidson warning of a slower growth path have pressured sentiment and been cited as reasons for recent pullbacks. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Stock Falls Despite Strong Q4 as Executives Unload $33M in Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/sector pressure: Short‑term moves in chip stocks have been influenced by external factors (e.g., oil‑supply disruptions) that can depress demand expectations and create volatility across the semiconductor group. Oil Supply Disruptions Are Rocking Chip Stocks Like Nvidia or AMD, But Should You Buy the Dip?

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.