Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lowered its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) by 18.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 1,904,241 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 431,356 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA owned about 0.12% of Advanced Micro Devices worth $387,322,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of AMD. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Aviso Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% in the third quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 2.1%
Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $521.58 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a market cap of $850.49 billion, a PE ratio of 171.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 2.50. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $445.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $296.11. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12-month low of $133.50 and a 12-month high of $562.99.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 87,173 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total value of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,896,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,334,572,400.31. The trade was a 4.14% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 378,032 shares of company stock worth $161,876,596 over the last 90 days. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices
Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment remains upbeat, with multiple analysts raising AMD price targets in June, including a street-high call from UBS, as firms increasingly view AMD as a bigger player in AI infrastructure and data center CPUs.
- Positive Sentiment: AMD continues to gain credibility in enterprise AI, including recognition from Gartner as a leading server CPU company, which supports the long-term growth case for its data center business. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: New business wins are also helping sentiment, including a definitive agreement with Rackspace Technology to deploy AMD-based infrastructure, reinforcing demand for AMD chips in cloud and enterprise workloads. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Several recent articles argue AMD still has meaningful upside as investors focus on its CPU and AI data center growth, with some bullish commentary suggesting the market may still be underappreciating its long-term earnings power.
- Neutral Sentiment: One recent piece highlighted both the positives and a caution on AMD, noting the stock’s huge six-month run and suggesting investors should stay aware of valuation risk after such a strong rally.
- Negative Sentiment: The semiconductor group has also been under pressure today, with AI chip names, including AMD, softening as momentum in the sector cools and investors rotate out of the space. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Bearish/neutral valuation commentary has also picked up, with some coverage questioning whether AMD’s rapid stock gains have already priced in a lot of future growth, which can weigh on the shares in the short term.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AMD. Bank of America raised their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $500.00 to $560.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp upped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $330.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $300.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $515.00 to $615.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $440.41.
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About Advanced Micro Devices
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.
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