Miller Global Investments LLC cut its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) by 76.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 888 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 2,826 shares during the quarter. Miller Global Investments LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $516,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Graney & King LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $515.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Barclays lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, June 12th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $700.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Raymond James Financial started coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. They issued a “market perform” rating on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $529.46.
Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts expect strong second-quarter growth, supported by robust demand for EPYC server CPUs, Instinct AI accelerators and cloud infrastructure. Data-center revenue is expected to be the central catalyst, with some estimates calling for revenue above $6 billion and total company revenue near $11.2 billion. Can Strong Data Center Revenues Boost AMD’s Top Line in Q2 Earnings?
- Positive Sentiment: AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI platform is being positioned as a broader challenge to Nvidia’s integrated AI systems, potentially expanding AMD’s opportunity beyond individual GPUs. Bernstein also raised its AI-server forecast ahead of the results. AMD’s Helios Is Coming for Nvidia’s Rack, Not Just Its GPU
- Positive Sentiment: A partnership with Core Scientific involving more than 500 megawatts of planned U.S. capacity beginning in 2027 highlights potential long-term demand for AMD-powered AI data-center infrastructure, although the agreement is not expected to materially affect near-term results. Core Scientific partnership with AMD
- Neutral Sentiment: Options markets imply an unusually large post-earnings move of roughly 8.5% to 9%, reflecting elevated uncertainty. Investors may focus more on forward guidance, AI-server demand and the pace of the Helios ramp than on whether AMD simply beats quarterly estimates. AMD options price a 9% earnings move
- Negative Sentiment: AMD’s valuation has become demanding after the stock more than doubled during the year. Analysts warn that a routine earnings beat may not be sufficient, leaving the shares vulnerable if data-center growth or guidance falls short of exceptionally high expectations. AMD earnings preview
- Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor stocks have recently suffered a sharp sector-wide reversal amid concerns about AI-spending profitability, increasing the risk that AMD could decline even on solid results. Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest also reported selling $68.1 million of AMD shares in July, including an $11.8 million sale in one day. Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold AMD stock
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $484.64 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $515.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $352.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $790.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 158.90 and a beta of 2.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.96. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $149.22 and a fifty-two week high of $584.73.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 company 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%.Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices
In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total transaction of $10,832,450.64. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. This trade represents a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total value of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. This represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 310,310 shares of company stock valued at $141,185,456. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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.
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