Tactive Advisors LLC Boosts Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Tactive Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 19.6% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,800 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after buying an additional 1,279 shares during the period. Tactive Advisors LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,587,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AMD. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,551,000 after acquiring an additional 29,438 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $758,000 after purchasing an additional 2,970 shares during the period. United Bank grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,881,000 after purchasing an additional 2,392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,310,000 after purchasing an additional 7,228 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMD. Benchmark increased their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Oppenheimer downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Erste Group Bank raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $430.68.

Trending Headlines about Advanced Micro Devices

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• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein raised its price target on AMD to $600, citing strong AI infrastructure demand and improving server-market conditions, reinforcing the bullish case for the stock. Why Is AMD Stock Gaining Thursday?
• Positive Sentiment: AMD and Rackspace signed a definitive agreement to deploy 30 MW of AMD-based AI compute across Rackspace’s data centers, a win that could expand AMD’s presence in regulated enterprise cloud workloads. Rackspace’s AI Land Grab: Plugging Into the Next Compute Boom (AMD)
• Positive Sentiment: AMD’s acquisition of MEXT is being viewed as strategically important because it could help address AI data-center memory bottlenecks and strengthen the company’s AI stack. AMD (AMD) Buys MEXT To Tackle AI Data Center Memory Bottlenecks
• Neutral Sentiment: Several analyst and investor articles continue to highlight AMD’s strong year-to-date rally, but also warn that the stock is trading near all-time highs and may be fully valued, which could temper upside near term. Buy, Hold, or Sell: AMD Rested Near All-Time Highs as Kevin Warsh Opened His First Fed Meeting. Is AMD Stock a Buy at $507?
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary from today also points to AMD as a preferred semiconductor alternative versus Intel, but the note is more about sector positioning than a direct company-specific catalyst. Analyst Warns Intel Valuation ‘Doesn’t Make Sense.’ Suggests NVIDIA, AMD, Micron, and Broadcom as Alternatives.
• Negative Sentiment: Some recent coverage warns AMD has likely risen too far, too fast, which could invite profit-taking if investors become more cautious about valuation. One Warning Signal AMD Investors Can’t Miss

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $539.33 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $417.16 and its 200 day moving average is $285.68. The stock has a market cap of $879.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 176.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 2.50. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $126.82 and a 1-year high of $558.37. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total value of $8,406,691.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares in the company, valued at approximately $140,000,947.80. The trade was a 5.66% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through 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 the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total transaction of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. This trade represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders sold 378,032 shares of company stock worth $161,876,596. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices 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.