Prospera Financial Services Inc Raises Stock Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Prospera Financial Services Inc grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 39.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 98,308 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after buying an additional 27,839 shares during the period. Prospera Financial Services Inc’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $15,905,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Waterfront Wealth Inc. bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter worth $1,145,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter valued at about $4,519,000. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 43.3% in the second quarter. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 12,245 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,738,000 after acquiring an additional 3,702 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 7.5% in the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 4,917,975 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $697,861,000 after acquiring an additional 341,000 shares during the period. Finally, New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 8.4% during the second quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 2,239,239 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $317,748,000 after purchasing an additional 172,745 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Investor bullishness after the strong quarterly report and post‑earnings commentary — some market participants say they’re buying on the pullback, citing AMD’s beat and revenue upside. AMD: Why I’m Buying Post-Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment and price‑target optimism: coverage from TipRanks and Northland highlights upside potential and strong Q1/Q2 estimates, supporting the rally. AMD Stock Has Strong Potential In 2026 Despite an Early Setback Northland Securities Has Strong Forecast for AMD Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial demand signal: OVHcloud’s new Bare Metal 2026 servers use AMD’s latest processors — a concrete cloud customer win that supports data‑center demand for EPYC/Milan‑generation CPUs. OVHcloud unveils Bare Metal 2026 line-up powered by the latest AMD processors
• Positive Sentiment: Management hire: AMD appointed Ariel Kelman as Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer, strengthening go‑to‑market, brand and developer relations ahead of product ramps. AMD Hires Ariel Kelman as Chief Marketing Officer
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad market attention: Zacks and other outlets note AMD is a focus stock this week — increased attention can amplify moves but is directionally neutral until earnings/guidance confirm trends. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is Attracting Investor Attention
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation & growth concerns: coverage from The Motley Fool and others flags a slowing growth rate and high valuation versus expectations — a core reason for recent volatility and a cap on multiple expansion. AMD’s Growth Rate is Declining. Should Investors Be Worried?
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Intel’s renewed AI GPU push and hires of ex‑AMD talent highlight intensifying competition in AI/data‑center chips — a potential headwind for AMD’s market share in inference/infrastructure. Intel Stock Is Priced for Ruin, But the AI Offensive Is Here (AMD)

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $216.00 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $352.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.51, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.94. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $221.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $205.27. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $76.48 and a 1 year high of $267.08.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on AMD. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. UBS Group set a $310.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Truist Financial set a $283.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Twenty-nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $290.11.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.14, for a total transaction of $26,892,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,277,476 shares in the company, valued at approximately $705,116,186.64. This represents a 3.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total transaction of $572,453.64. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. The trade was a 12.99% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 164,000 shares of company stock valued at $36,034,173 in the last quarter. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Company 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.