Morgan Stanley Issues Positive Forecast for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Stock Price

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) had its price objective hoisted by stock analysts at Morgan Stanley from $360.00 to $410.00 in a research note issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an “equal weight” rating on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock. Morgan Stanley’s price target suggests a potential upside of 15.41% from the company’s previous close.

AMD has been the subject of a number of other research reports. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. DA Davidson upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $220.00 to $375.00 in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $260.00 to $248.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $230.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Finally, 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $340.46.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $355.26 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices has a one year low of $96.88 and a one year high of $362.79. The company has a market cap of $579.19 billion, a PE ratio of 134.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 2.40. 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 business has a 50-day simple moving average of $235.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $229.21.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 8.84% and a net margin of 12.52%.The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices will post 5.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 31,320 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $10,962,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,236,037 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $432,612,950. This represents a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $62,679,337.38. The trade was a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 304,672 shares of company stock valued at $70,135,070. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% in the third quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the period. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% in the third quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and bullish guidance — AMD reported above-consensus Q1 results and raised Q2 revenue guidance (roughly $10.9B–$11.5B / ~$11.2B midpoint), driven by a big jump in data-center (AI) sales; that beat-and-raise is the primary catalyst for the rally. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AI & data-center demand conviction — Management highlighted strong EPYC/Instinct adoption and secured memory supply for AI deployments, supporting multi‑quarter revenue visibility for server CPUs and accelerators. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher price targets — Multiple firms raised ratings/targets (Goldman, Truist, Wedbush, Bernstein among others), adding momentum and buy-side conviction after the results. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro tailwind — improved risk sentiment from reports of progress toward a U.S.‑Iran deal lifted futures and helped tech names broadly, amplifying AMD’s earnings move. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Partnerships & ecosystem traction — recent cloud and partner announcements (e.g., Zyphra, Riot expansions) validate product wins but are longer‑lead revenue signals rather than immediate upside. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Supply‑chain and production constraints — analysts and industry write‑ups flag packaging (CoWoS) bottlenecks and capacity limits that could cap near‑term fulfillment, a key reason some investors remain cautious. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and profit‑taking concerns — HSBC and others flagged valuation/peak expectations ahead of earnings; notable insider/institutional selling and rotations have been reported, creating downside risk if guidance or margins slip. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term margin/price risks — management noted that rising memory/pricing dynamics could pressure PC/gaming end markets even as AI/data‑center revenue accelerates, which investors will watch for in upcoming quarters. Read More.

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.