Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Shares Down 1.3% – Time to Sell?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) shares were down 1.3% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $194.88 and last traded at $199.45. Approximately 35,686,457 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 11% from the average daily volume of 40,118,910 shares. The stock had previously closed at $202.07.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: AMD signed a multi‑year AI infrastructure deal with Meta, a marquee customer win that underpins revenue visibility for AI data‑center deployments and likely fueled earlier upside in the stock. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Signs Multi-Year Meta AI Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment remains constructive: Piper Sandler, Jefferies and other firms reiterated bullish views and high price targets (median targets elevated), supporting longer‑term optimism even amid short‑term volatility. Piper Sandler and Jefferies Stay Bullish on AMD After Meta Deal
• Positive Sentiment: AMD expanded its Ryzen AI 400 Series and PRO chips (Copilot+ support, up to ~60 TOPS), strengthening its AI PC roadmap and diversifying AI compute exposure beyond datacenter GPUs. This product momentum supports the AI growth narrative. AMD Expands AI Portfolio With New Ryzen Chips
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader industry themes—CPUs regaining data‑center relevance—are supportive for AMD’s CPU business, but timing/realized demand for CPU-based AI workloads remains uncertain. This is a structural tailwind rather than an immediate catalyst. CPUs are back en vogue in the data center
• Negative Sentiment: A Bloomberg report that the U.S. may impose new export‑approval rules for advanced AI chips sparked renewed downside risk for AMD (and peers) by raising the prospect of restricted sales to key markets and additional compliance/market access costs. That regulatory overhang pressured shares intraday. Nvidia and AMD Stocks Drop after Report of New U.S. Rules Requiring Approval for AI Chip Exports
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive/market dynamics: fresh Nvidia GPU order flow and headlines about Nvidia’s momentum drew investor attention away from AMD at times, contributing to pullbacks despite AMD’s deal flow. This keeps near‑term volatility elevated. AMD Stock Slides as New Nvidia GPU Orders Grab Attention

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $260.00 to $255.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Loop Capital set a $290.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $300.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and ten have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $325.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 75.26, a P/E/G ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.98. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $218.53 and a 200-day moving average of $208.57.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The firm had revenue of $10.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.65 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.09 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.36, for a total value of $26,795,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,152,476 shares in the company, valued at $675,764,755.36. The trade was a 3.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the firm’s 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,679,337.38. The trade was a 6.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 271,892 shares of company stock worth $58,476,908 in the last 90 days. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% in the 3rd 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 last quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% in the third 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. Pinney & Scofield Inc. lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 81.0% during the second quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. now owns 190 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.