Sebold Capital Management Inc. Makes New Investment in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Sebold Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,648 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $234,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% in the 2nd quarter. Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd. now owns 99,454 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $14,061,000 after purchasing an additional 17,912 shares during the period. Plato Investment Management Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 30.1% during the second quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd now owns 35,347 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $4,997,000 after acquiring an additional 8,175 shares in the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at $99,739,000. Longbow Finance SA acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at $8,795,000. Finally, Greater Midwest Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Greater Midwest Financial Group LLC now owns 10,250 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,455,000 after purchasing an additional 307 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on AMD shares. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $120.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $210.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $200.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $237.32.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 16,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.28, for a total transaction of $3,767,904.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,714,505 shares in the company, valued at $384,529,181.40. This trade represents a 0.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total transaction of $36,893,250.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,359,748 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,897,879.56. The trade was a 6.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 274,118 shares of company stock valued at $46,180,719 over the last quarter. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of AMD stock opened at $256.12 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $191.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $153.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.49. The stock has a market cap of $415.64 billion, a PE ratio of 147.20, a PEG ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.90. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $76.48 and a 52-week high of $267.08.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $7.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.41 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 9.57%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.69 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts forecast 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.