Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) by 17.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 79,540 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,681 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $46,206,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 158,522,860 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $33,949,256,000 after purchasing an additional 2,525,109 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 74,919,276 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $16,044,712,000 after buying an additional 1,094,835 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,584,845 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $8,015,897,000 after buying an additional 287,525 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at $4,929,312,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 20,325,288 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $4,352,864,000 after buying an additional 55,969 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Advanced Micro Devices news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total value of $4,502,772.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 87,173 shares in the company, valued at approximately $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 143 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.75, for a total value of $67,889.25. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 17,644 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,376,489. This trade represents a 0.80% 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 a total of 161,077 shares of company stock worth $74,732,145 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.
More Advanced Micro Devices News
- Positive Sentiment: Baird issued a highly bullish $1,250 price target, reinforcing the view that AMD’s AI accelerator and data-center businesses could expand substantially. Broadcom Sinks as AMD Climbs on Baird’s Call
- Positive Sentiment: AMD announced day-one support for the Qwen3.8 27B AI model, a development that may improve adoption of its chips and software among AI developers and data-center customers. AMD Supports Qwen3.8 27B AI Model
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its 2030 server-CPU market forecast to more than $210 billion from roughly $170 billion, citing demand from AI agents. AMD was identified as one of the bank’s preferred semiconductor investments. Bank of America Raises AI Chip Forecast
- Positive Sentiment: AMD is preparing a record bond offering of up to $5 billion to finance AI infrastructure, partnerships and other corporate needs. The funding could support its Helios platform and large customer commitments, including from Microsoft and AI companies. AMD Plans $5 Billion Bond Sale
- Neutral Sentiment: Institutional activity was mixed: Mirova disclosed a new AMD position worth approximately $145 million, while other funds reported reductions. Because these filings reflect holdings as of June 30, they provide limited insight into current positioning. Mirova Opens AMD Position
- Negative Sentiment: Risks include AMD’s demanding valuation, the added leverage from the bond sale and competitive pressure after reports that SpaceX plans to use Nvidia chips exclusively. Recent insider trading data also shows selling, although the reported sale by SVP Ava Hahn was made under a prearranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. SpaceX Selects Nvidia Exclusively
Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 6.5%
AMD opened at $514.39 on Friday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $149.22 and a 1-year high of $584.73. The company has a current ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a market cap of $839.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 132.23 and a beta of 2.48. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $511.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $367.48.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share. Analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
AMD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Bank of America increased their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Argus boosted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $625.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $665.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Robert W. Baird set a $1,250.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $635.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $546.87.
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Advanced Micro Devices Company 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.
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