Insider Selling: Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) SVP Sells $67,889.25 in Stock

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) SVP Ava Hahn sold 143 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the senior vice president directly owned 17,644 shares in the company, valued at $8,376,489. This trade represents a 0.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMD traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $483.01. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 18,673,329 shares, compared to its average volume of 35,732,266. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $149.22 and a 12 month high of $584.73. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $511.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $364.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.61 and a quick ratio of 1.91. The company has a market cap of $788.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 124.17 and a beta of 2.48.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 revenue for the quarter was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Micro Devices

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Graney & King LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the first quarter valued at $31,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: $5 billion bond offering supports AI expansion: AMD is preparing its largest U.S. dollar investment-grade debt sale to fund AI infrastructure, refinance debt and support strategic partnerships involving Microsoft and Anthropic. The financing signals management is willing to invest aggressively to capture demand for its Helios systems, although it will increase debt obligations. AMD Prepares Record $5B Bond Sale to Fuel Massive AI Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Long-term server market outlook improves: Bank of America raised its estimate for the 2030 server-CPU total addressable market to more than $210 billion from approximately $170 billion. The firm said AI agents will increase CPU usage in data centers, improving AMD’s runway beyond its GPU opportunity. Why is AMD stock gaining 2% today?
• Positive Sentiment: Share gains and bullish analyst views: AMD continued taking CPU unit share from Intel in the second quarter. Bernstein reportedly rates AMD a Buy and expects further upside, while other analysts argue that strong AI growth justifies the company’s premium valuation. AMD vs. INTC Stock: One Is a Buy, the Other Is a Hold, Says Bernstein
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive AI landscape remains mixed: AMD has announced aggressive server targets and major AI commitments from customers, but SpaceX’s reported decision to use Nvidia exclusively highlights the difficulty of winning every large AI account. Is AMD in Trouble as SpaceX Goes Exclusive With NVIDIA?
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and institutional selling are key risks: Commentary warns AMD’s valuation may have outpaced current results. Recent 13F filings also showed position reductions by Amundi, BNP Paribas and other funds, potentially creating selling pressure after the stock’s strong run. Down 15% From Its All-Time High, Is Now the Time to Load Up on AMD Stock?

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Roth Capital raised their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Loop Capital upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. Barclays cut Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, June 12th. KeyCorp set a $650.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $700.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Three 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $546.87.

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.