Erste Asset Management GmbH Sells 56,538 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Erste Asset Management GmbH lowered its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 14.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 346,271 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 56,538 shares during the quarter. Erste Asset Management GmbH’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $74,398,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. James J. Burns & Company LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. James J. Burns & Company LLC now owns 1,816 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $389,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,912 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,052,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. Willis Johnson & Associates Inc. grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Willis Johnson & Associates Inc. now owns 2,304 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $493,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Addison Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 12.7% during the third quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 400 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Smith Moore & CO. grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.1% during the third quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 3,962 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $641,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $466.38 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $358.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $265.16. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52 week low of $115.06 and a 52 week high of $546.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $760.48 billion, a PE ratio of 152.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 2.50.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last issued 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 return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The firm had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.96 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Advanced Micro Devices News

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $265.00 to $525.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Needham & Company LLC upgraded Advanced Micro Devices to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Truist Financial set a $478.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, HSBC cut Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $335.00 to $340.00 in a research report on Monday, May 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $419.86.

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Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. This represents a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total value of $55,688,750.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,021,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,346,286,223.49. This trade represents a 3.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 339,532 shares of company stock valued at $119,504,341. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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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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