Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. Acquires New Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Laffer Tengler Investments Inc. bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 6,991 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,131,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 23.4% during the 3rd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 27,449 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $4,441,000 after buying an additional 5,202 shares during the period. Nautilus Advisors LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Nautilus Advisors LLC now owns 3,391 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $549,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Israel Discount Bank of New York acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 3rd quarter worth $212,000. Fiduciary Group LLC boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 9.4% during the third quarter. Fiduciary Group LLC now owns 2,595 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $420,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares during the period. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.6% in the third quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 65,156 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $10,542,000 after purchasing an additional 406 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large hyperscaler deal with Meta — AMD scored a multi‑year, gigawatt‑scale Instinct GPU agreement with Meta (and reports say Meta may take an equity stake). This materially deepens AMD’s AI datacenter footprint and supports multi‑year revenue visibility. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Partners With Meta for AI Infrastructure Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Manufacturing and product expansion — AMD is expanding U.S. production with Flex and rolling out Ryzen AI 400 series processors and new Instinct GPU roadmaps, positioning it for AI PC and data center demand. AMD’s Expanding AI Deals And US Production Versus Recent Share Pullback
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial deployments of Instinct GPUs — First commercial deployments (diamond‑cooled servers using MI350X) show AMD GPUs are entering production in energy‑efficient AI racks, which supports adoption and revenue ramp. Akash Systems Announces World’s First Diamond Cooled AI Servers with AMD Instinct™ MI350X GPUs
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and bullish price targets — Multiple firms (UBS, TD Cowen and others) have reiterated buy ratings and multi‑hundred dollar targets, signaling continued Street confidence in a multi‑year AI upside. Buy AMD Shares Ahead Of 2H26 Ramp, Says UBS
• Neutral Sentiment: New product launches but near‑term sentiment mixed — AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 / Copilot+ desktop chips (and server GPU innovations). Technically positive for long‑term TAM, but launches haven’t eliminated short‑term profit taking. AMD Ryzen AI 400 chips will bring newer CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs to AM5 desktops
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector/regulatory risk — Reports about U.S. export limits and China access for GPU suppliers create uncertainty across the GPU supply chain and could affect competitive dynamics and addressable markets. Nvidia’s China Access Questioned
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/geopolitical driven selling — Shares fell as Middle East tensions pushed oil higher and raised fears of a broader market selloff, prompting risk‑off moves that hit AMD. Why AMD (AMD) Stock Is Trading Lower Today
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term profit taking — Data shows heavy insider sales and notable trading activity; combined with recent strong 1‑year gains, that has increased near‑term volatility and selling pressure. $AMD stock is down 4% today. Here’s what we see in our data.
• Negative Sentiment: Price reaction to product reveals — Several headlines note the stock dipped after new GPU/desktop reveals, suggesting investors are weighing execution/timing risk despite the longer‑term AI story. AMD Stock Slips Despite the Reveal of New Ryzen AI 400 Desktop Chips

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 3.9%

Shares of AMD stock opened at $190.95 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a one year low of $76.48 and a one year high of $267.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.85 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $218.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $208.61. The stock has a market cap of $311.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 72.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.98.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $10.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.65 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The business’s revenue was up 34.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.09 EPS. Analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total value of $4,216,954.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,679,337.38. This represents a 6.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.14, for a total value of $26,892,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,277,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $705,116,186.64. This trade represents a 3.67% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 271,892 shares of company stock valued at $58,476,908 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently weighed in on AMD shares. UBS Group set a $310.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $180.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $290.53.

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.