Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Stock Price Up 4.5% After Analyst Upgrade

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) was up 4.5% on Monday after Weiss Ratings upgraded the stock from a sell (d+) rating to a hold (c) rating. The company traded as high as $248.90 and last traded at $243.98. Approximately 43,091,092 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 13% from the average daily volume of 49,816,250 shares. The stock had previously closed at $233.54.

AMD has been the subject of a number of other reports. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. DZ Bank upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Dbs Bank upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Loop Capital set a $290.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $265.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.26.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total value of $36,893,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,359,748 shares in the company, valued at $550,897,879.56. This trade represents a 6.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.21, for a total transaction of $1,732,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 125,505 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,738,721.05. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 274,118 shares of company stock valued at $46,180,719. Corporate insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% in the third quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% during the third quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. increased its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 81.0% in the second quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. now owns 190 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2,311.1% during the 2nd quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 217 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 208 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Avion Wealth raised its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 49.3% during the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 218 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $199.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $159.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $397.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 140.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.49.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $9.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.76 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 9.57% and a return on equity of 7.54%. The company’s revenue was up 35.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.92 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. It operates through Data Center, Client, Gaming, and Embedded segments. The company offers x86 microprocessors and graphics processing units (GPUs) as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, data center, and professional GPUs; and embedded processors, and semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, microprocessor and SoC development services and technology, data processing unites, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and adaptive SoC products.