Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Receives Sell (D+) Rating from Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has received a sell (D+) rating from Weiss Ratings, after which analysts have made various adjustments to their price targets, with Morgan Stanley increasing it to $246 and Rosenblatt Securities to $250.
• The stock price of AMD rose by 7.2% during midday trading on Friday, reaching $252.02, while the company has a market cap of $408.98 billion.
• Despite a revenue increase of 31.7% year-over-year, AMD's quarterly earnings per share missed the consensus estimate, reporting $0.48 as opposed to the expected $0.54.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "sell (d+)" rating reiterated by analysts at Weiss Ratings in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $168.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $95.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $200.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $165.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $233.94.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 7.2%

Advanced Micro Devices stock traded up $17.03 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $252.02. 56,942,129 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 49,664,914. Advanced Micro Devices has a 1 year low of $76.48 and a 1 year high of $253.08. The firm has a market cap of $408.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 144.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 2.49 and a quick ratio of 1.81. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $180.58 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $145.45.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.06). Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 9.57%.The firm had revenue of $7.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.41 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.69 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.21, for a total transaction of $1,732,100.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 125,505 shares in the company, valued at $21,738,721.05. The trade was a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 16,800 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.28, for a total transaction of $3,767,904.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,714,505 shares in the company, valued at $384,529,181.40. This represents a 0.97% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 274,118 shares of company stock valued at $46,180,719. Corporate insiders own 0.06% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $5,551,000 after acquiring an additional 29,438 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,001,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 18.7% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 19,554 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $2,009,000 after acquiring an additional 3,084 shares in the last quarter. Moran Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.3% in the first quarter. Moran Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,717 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,409,000 after acquiring an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 5.7% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 23,706 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $2,435,000 after acquiring an additional 1,283 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company's stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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.

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