Independent Financial Group LLC Invests $8 Million in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Independent Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 39,301 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $7,995,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth about $33,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total value of $10,832,450.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. The trade was a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 6,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $536.33, for a total value of $3,217,980.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,233,687 shares in the company, valued at $661,663,348.71. This represents a 0.48% 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 341,630 shares of company stock valued at $152,147,456 in the last ninety days. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $300.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $505.00 to $615.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Seaport Research Partners raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $468.65.

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Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $500.94 on Friday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $149.22 and a twelve month high of $584.73. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $503.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $328.48. The company has a market capitalization of $816.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 164.24, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 2.47.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The company had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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Advanced Micro Devices Profile

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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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