Ninepoint Partners LP Takes $899,000 Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Ninepoint Partners LP acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 1,547 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $899,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,551,000 after acquiring an additional 29,438 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,001,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $758,000 after purchasing an additional 2,970 shares during the last quarter. United Bank lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% in the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,881,000 after purchasing an additional 2,392 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,310,000 after purchasing an additional 7,228 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ AMD opened at $479.18 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $149.22 and a 12 month high of $584.73. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $782.25 billion, a PE ratio of 123.18 and a beta of 2.48. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $509.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $379.94.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Raymond James upgraded AMD to “Strong Buy,” citing improving AI accelerator prospects and potential for the stock to outperform. Other reports highlighted bullish price targets, including BMO Capital’s $550 target and expectations that AMD could continue narrowing NVIDIA’s competitive advantage. AMD Stock Gets Strong Buy Upgrade From Raymond James
• Positive Sentiment: AMD announced UCIe connectivity for its Versal adaptive SoCs, strengthening the company’s positioning in advanced chiplet and data-center designs. Investors viewed the update as supportive of AMD’s long-term AI and infrastructure strategy. AMD Stock Rallies on UCIe Chip Update
• Positive Sentiment: Reports emphasized large GPU commitments from customers including OpenAI and Meta, supporting the view that AMD is becoming a credible alternative to NVIDIA in AI infrastructure. Analysts also see continued strength in CPU demand as data centers become more compute-intensive. AMD Is Winning Nvidia Customers
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s earnings on August 26 are a near-term catalyst for AMD and the entire semiconductor sector. Strong AI demand and guidance could lift AMD, while any signs of slowing accelerator spending could pressure the shares. NVIDIA Earnings Could Move AI Stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts remain cautious, arguing that AMD’s elevated valuation leaves less room for execution disappointments. Repeated insider selling—particularly by CEO Lisa Su and other executives—also raises concerns about profit-taking after the stock’s substantial year-to-date advance. AMD More Downside Risks
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s planned investment of more than $10 billion in Taiwan advanced packaging and its recent $4.75 billion debt offering increase capacity for AI growth but could weigh on near-term cash flow, leverage, and margins. AMD Debt Raise and Taiwan AI Push

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $514.91, for a total value of $7,723,650.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 117,687 shares in the company, valued at $60,598,213.17. This represents a 11.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total value of $4,502,772.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 87,173 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 210,763 shares of company stock worth $99,912,107. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AMD has been the topic of several analyst reports. Barclays lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Melius Research set a $660.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $635.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. UBS Group restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.72.

Advanced Micro Devices Profile

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.