Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Shares Purchased by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 147.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,130 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,056 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,044,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Vilga Financial Planning LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter valued at approximately $200,000. PVG Asset Management Corp grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 498.1% in the first quarter. PVG Asset Management Corp now owns 13,769 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,801,000 after buying an additional 11,467 shares in the last quarter. Lombard Odier Asset Management Europe Ltd grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 31.4% in the first quarter. Lombard Odier Asset Management Europe Ltd now owns 90,469 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $18,404,000 after buying an additional 21,615 shares in the last quarter. Militia Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 1st quarter valued at $2,848,000. Finally, E Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. E Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,591 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $527,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $700.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Northland Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $260.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Needham & Company LLC raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $530.00 to $725.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $529.46.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total value of $10,832,450.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,759,604.58. This trade represents a 18.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 324,527 shares in the company, valued at $140,000,947.80. This represents a 5.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 ninety days, insiders have sold 310,310 shares of company stock worth $141,185,456. 0.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

AMD stock opened at $484.64 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $515.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $352.55. The company has a quick ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market cap of $790.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 158.90 and a beta of 2.48. 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) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.96 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.