Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD is Gifford Fong Associates’ 9th Largest Position

Gifford Fong Associates lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 20.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 58,318 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,000 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices comprises approximately 2.5% of Gifford Fong Associates’ holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Gifford Fong Associates’ holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $12,489,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the 3rd quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Aviso Financial Inc. boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the 3rd quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the period. Finally, Delos Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position 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 purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on AMD. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $290.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Seaport Research Partners raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. BTIG Research raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Erste Group Bank raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating and twelve have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $410.00.

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Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. This represents a 18.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total transaction of $55,688,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,021,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,346,286,223.49. This trade represents a 3.97% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 329,085 shares of company stock worth $114,051,007. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $516.03 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $841.43 billion, a PE ratio of 169.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 2.50. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $327.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $255.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $108.62 and a 1 year high of $527.20.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)

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