Rep. Cleo Fields Purchases Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

Key Points

• Representative Cleo Fields purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 in shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) on July 30th, 2025.
• AMD reported a miss in EPS at $0.48, falling short of analysts' estimates of $0.54, although the company's revenue of $7.69 billion surpassed expectations.
• The company's Board of Directors authorized a $6 billion share buyback program, indicating a belief that the stock is undervalued.

Representative Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) recently bought shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ: AMD. In a filing disclosed on August 06th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in Advanced Micro Devices stock on July 30th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "MORGAN STANLEY - E*TRADE #2" account.

Representative Cleo Fields also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOG on 7/30/2025.
• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Apple NASDAQ: AAPL on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of McDonald's NYSE: MCD on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $250,001 - $500,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOG on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 7/29/2025.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMD traded up $0.36 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $172.76. The company had a trading volume of 68,723,246 shares, compared to its average volume of 66,889,100. The firm has a market cap of $280.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 99.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.94. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $144.55 and a 200-day simple moving average of $118.25. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $76.48 and a fifty-two week high of $182.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.97, a current ratio of 2.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

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 analyst estimates of $7.41 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 9.57% and a return on equity of 7.54%. Advanced Micro Devices's revenue for the quarter was up 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.69 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.

Advanced Micro Devices declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 14th that authorizes the company to buyback $6.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the semiconductor manufacturer to repurchase up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Pinney & Scofield Inc. boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 81.0% in the second quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. now owns 190 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2,311.1% in the second quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 217 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 208 shares during the period. Avion Wealth boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 49.3% during the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 218 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the period. West Branch Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3,057.1% during the second quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 221 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Finally, Greenline Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AMD. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $161.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $111.00 to $173.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $120.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $178.56.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,998 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.03, for a total transaction of $2,790,229.94. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,713,710 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $265,676,461.30. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Representative FIELDS

Cleo Fields (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027. Fields (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on November 3, 2026. Cleo Fields graduated from McKinley High School in 1980. He earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Southern University in 1984 and a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 1987. His career experience includes working as a state legislator and U.S. congressman. When Fields was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1986, he was the youngest person ever elected to the State Senate in Louisiana’s history. In 1995, Fields ran for governor of Louisiana, becoming the first African American since reconstruction to make the runoff.

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.