Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) has been rated as a "Moderate Buy" by 38 ratings firms, with an average 12-month target price of $180.88.
• The company's quarterly earnings report showed $0.48 EPS, missing estimates of $0.54, while revenue increased significantly by 31.7% year-over-year.
• Insider trading activity included sales of shares by executives, with a notable transaction involving EVP Mark D. Papermaster selling 17,998 shares valued at around $2.79 million.

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the thirty-eight research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have issued a hold recommendation, twenty-one have given a buy recommendation and three have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $180.8788.

Several research firms recently commented on AMD. Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $135.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $150.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. HSBC lowered their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $200.00 to $185.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Finally, Melius Research raised Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $110.00 to $175.00 in a research note on Monday, June 23rd.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD traded down $0.53 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $157.39. 55,344,690 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 42,108,448. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 2.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. Advanced Micro Devices has a one year low of $76.48 and a one year high of $186.65. The stock has a market cap of $255.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 90.45, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.92. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $165.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $129.33.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.48 EPS 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 the consensus estimate of $7.41 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 9.57% and a return on equity of 7.54%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.69 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 17,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.93, for a total transaction of $2,767,996.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 313,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $50,507,558.64. This represents a 5.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total value of $36,893,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,359,748 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,897,879.56. This represents a 6.28% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 270,198 shares of company stock valued at $44,183,576. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,001,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 12.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 264,574 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $31,958,000 after purchasing an additional 29,825 shares during the last quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 238.3% in the fourth quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 30,274 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $3,657,000 after buying an additional 21,325 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 12,536 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,514,000 after acquiring an additional 2,182 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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.