Profund Advisors LLC Buys 15,493 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Profund Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 6.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 240,945 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after buying an additional 15,493 shares during the period. Advanced Micro Devices comprises about 1.6% of Profund Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position. Profund Advisors LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $51,601,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the 3rd quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the 3rd quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 74.1% during the 3rd quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA now owns 235 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total transaction of $55,688,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,021,899 shares in the company, valued at $1,346,286,223.49. The trade was a 3.97% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total transaction of $10,832,450.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at $46,759,604.58. This represents a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 309,598 shares of company stock worth $105,644,316 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on AMD shares. Benchmark boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Roth Mkm reissued a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $240.00 to $450.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Melius Research set a $540.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Monday. Finally, Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and twelve have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $404.03.

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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 0.7%

Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $420.99 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $686.47 billion, a PE ratio of 138.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 2.40. The company’s 50-day moving average is $277.92 and its 200-day moving average is $241.53. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $107.67 and a fifty-two week high of $469.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.96.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current year.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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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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