Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC Makes New Investment in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 2,735 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $556,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Focused Wealth Management Inc grew its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.7% during the first quarter. Focused Wealth Management Inc now owns 1,431 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $291,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the period. James J. Burns & Company LLC lifted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. James J. Burns & Company LLC now owns 1,816 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Private Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 24.8% in the 1st quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 201 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,158 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $236,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% during the 4th 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. 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: Several recent reports remain bullish on AMD’s long-term setup, citing strong data center momentum, continued AI infrastructure demand, and new product launches such as Versal Premium Gen 2 for AI, networking, and aerospace workloads. Analysts including Wells Fargo, UBS, and Cantor have also raised price targets, signaling that some on Wall Street still see meaningful upside. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment is being helped by commentary that AMD’s AI and server CPU business remains a key beneficiary of the semiconductor buildout, and some market observers continue to view recent weakness as a buying opportunity rather than a trend change. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: At the same time, analysts are warning that the broader AI trade is becoming more selective: Invesco’s Fiona Lim said the “lifted all boats” phase is ending, and future winners will likely be decided by profitability as capacity catches up. That suggests AMD may need to keep executing to justify its premium valuation. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary also points to AMD’s stretched valuation, with one piece highlighting a forward P/E around 54x. While data center growth is strong, concerns over competition, gaming कमजोरी, and margin pressure are keeping near-term enthusiasm in check. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Recent trading has also been pressured by the broader semiconductor pullback and AI-spending fears, including reports of a sharp selloff after Meta-related compute news. That has raised questions about how durable current AI capex trends really are and whether AMD can hold support after its recent run-up. Article Title

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 87,173 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $45,504,306. The trade was a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $46,759,604.58. This represents a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 378,032 shares of company stock valued at $161,876,596. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $517.82 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $844.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 169.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 2.47. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $470.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $307.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $133.50 and a 1 year high of $584.73.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMD has been the subject of several analyst reports. Oppenheimer cut shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Benchmark raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Seaport Research Partners raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. Finally, Wedbush increased their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $290.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $448.78.

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.