Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 76,863 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $47,021,000.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.1% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 150,301,510 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $87,311,650,000 after purchasing an additional 4,535,126 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,920,783 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $46,606,266,000 after acquiring an additional 2,149,563 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at about $7,022,226,000. Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 5.8% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,972,952 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,793,388,000 after buying an additional 545,575 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 33.9% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 9,334,396 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $5,422,444,000 after acquiring an additional 2,365,419 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: AMD’s data-center revenue reportedly nearly doubled, and its Helios rack-scale systems, EPYC processors and Instinct GPUs are being deployed in Meta’s AI infrastructure. The companies also expanded their relationship through a planned $1 billion equity investment and multigeneration chip collaboration. AMD Expands AI Footprint With Meta
- Positive Sentiment: Rackspace selected AMD-powered infrastructure for HGS’s private AI deployment, adding another enterprise use case for AMD’s data-center products. HGS Selects Rackspace Technology for Private AI Infrastructure
- Positive Sentiment: Rakuten Investment Management disclosed a new approximately $283.7 million AMD position, while many large institutions—including JPMorgan, Invesco, FMR and BlackRock—reported adding shares in recent quarters. Rakuten Opens AMD Position
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst targets remain broadly above the current share price, with a reported six-month median target of $512.50 and several targets ranging from $560 to $700.
- Neutral Sentiment: AMD is scheduled to report third-quarter results on Nov. 3. Investors will focus on data-center growth, AI accelerator demand, supply constraints and management’s outlook for 2027.
- Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary highlights a sharply divided outlook: AMD’s AI growth is accelerating, but its valuation leaves little room for an earnings or guidance disappointment. AMD Earnings Preview
- Negative Sentiment: Intel’s disappointing fourth-quarter forecast, weak PC-market conditions and margin concerns triggered a broad semiconductor selloff. Investors are questioning whether AMD faces similar demand or supply pressures. AMD Shares Slide After Intel Earnings
- Negative Sentiment: Several reports argue AMD is priced more aggressively than NVIDIA despite slower expected growth, making the stock vulnerable to profit-taking before earnings. AMD Reports on Nov. 3
- Negative Sentiment: Insiders have reported 147 open-market sales and no purchases over the past six months, including substantial sales by CEO Lisa Su and other executives. Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has also continued trimming AMD, adding to near-term sentiment pressure.
Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 10.9%
AMD stock opened at $504.80 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $548.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $409.20. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The firm has a market cap of $824.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 129.77, a PEG ratio of 5.18 and a beta of 2.45. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $188.22 and a 52-week high of $658.52.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $11.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.48 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.50 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
AMD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $700.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, September 29th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, October 19th. CLSA restated an “outperform” rating and set a $710.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $600.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, October 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler initiated coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, September 15th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $600.00 target price on the stock. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $607.57.
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Insider Activity
In related news, EVP Jean X. Hu sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.08, for a total transaction of $7,111,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 160,979 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $76,316,924.32. This represents a 8.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Lisa Su sold 70,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $506.80, for a total transaction of $35,476,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,032,156 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,536,696,660.80. The trade was a 2.26% 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 sold 231,100 shares of company stock valued at $114,867,400 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.
About Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs high-performance computing, graphics and adaptive computing products. Its offerings serve data centers, personal computers, gaming systems, embedded markets and other specialized applications.
AMD’s product portfolio includes Ryzen processors for desktop and notebook computers, EPYC server processors, Radeon graphics processing units, and Instinct accelerators for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
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