USA Financial Formulas Purchases New Shares in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

USA Financial Formulas purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 7,138 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,529,000. Advanced Micro Devices comprises approximately 0.3% of USA Financial Formulas’ portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest holding.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. 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 during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% in the 3rd quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% in the 3rd quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signature Resources Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 170.4% during the 3rd quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 219 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AMD. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. China Renaissance started coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $291.00 price objective on the stock. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $290.53.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 7,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.87, for a total value of $1,536,525.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 129,598 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,550,742.26. This represents a 5.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total transaction of $4,216,954.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 289,098 shares in the company, valued at $62,679,337.38. The trade was a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 239,392 shares of company stock worth $50,016,383. 0.06% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $201.99 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $213.51 and its 200 day moving average price is $213.12. The company has a market cap of $329.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.22, a PEG ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.85. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a one year low of $76.48 and a one year high of $267.08.

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

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: AI-driven CPU/GPU pricing power — reports that AMD (and peers) can raise CPU prices amid AI data‑center demand are supporting upside to margins and free cash flow, a core reason investors have bid the stock higher recently. The Silicon Squeeze: AI Pricing Power Lifts Chip Stocks
• Positive Sentiment: Product & ecosystem momentum — AMD’s push into AI stacks (MI450 accelerators) and a new AMD‑optimized Rocky Linux release with CIQ simplify deployments for customers, strengthening the company’s data‑center roadmap and long‑term TAM. AMD Linux Push With CIQ Adds New Angle To AI Investment Story
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/institutional backdrop — continued buy‑side research, modest upward earnings tweaks and multiple analyst price targets boost conviction that AMD’s AI/data‑center growth can drive meaningful upside beyond current year multiples. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary & momentum trades — bullish technical narratives and articles projecting multi‑year targets keep trading interest elevated, but much of that upside is speculative and tied to execution. AMD Stock Gets a Boost From Incoming CPU Price Hikes
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk and macro headlines — escalation in the Middle East has hit semiconductors broadly, prompting risk‑off flows that can pressure demand expectations and multiples for AMD and peers. Semiconductor Chip Stocks Slump As Middle East War Hits Day 28
• Negative Sentiment: Large fund selling / flows — high‑profile asset managers trimmed chip positions (including AMD), which can amplify short‑term downside when flows turn against the sector. ARK Invest Dumps $84M in Meta, Nvidia and Chip Stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Product/support & regulatory risk — gamer calls for FSR4 support on older GPUs and advancing U.S. export-control legislation (Chip Security Act) add execution and addressable‑market uncertainty that can weigh on near‑term sentiment. AMD Stock Slips as Gamers Call for FSR 4 Support Chip Security Act Puts AMD Export Controls And Valuation In Focus

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.