State of Michigan Retirement System Sells 225,300 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

State of Michigan Retirement System cut its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 26.7% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 617,700 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 225,300 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for 0.7% of State of Michigan Retirement System’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd largest position. State of Michigan Retirement System’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $125,659,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% during the fourth 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 holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.5% in the 4th 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 last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,584,845 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $8,015,897,000 after buying an additional 287,525 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at about $4,929,312,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.3% in the 4th 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 acquiring an additional 55,969 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMD opened at $534.39 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $141.90 and a 12 month high of $584.73. The company has a market capitalization of $871.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 175.21, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 2.47. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $495.20 and its 200 day moving average is $321.90.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.18 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently commented on AMD shares. UBS Group lifted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $455.00 to $670.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Citigroup downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 12th. Erste Group Bank raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen cut Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $579.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $460.95.

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Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total value of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,896,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,334,572,400.31. The trade was a 4.14% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 374,739 shares of company stock valued at $161,135,671. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices 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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