Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Stock Rating Upgraded by DZ Bank

Key Points

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was upgraded by DZ Bank from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating, with a price target of $250.00, suggesting an 18.20% upside potential from its previous close.
• The stock has experienced various rating changes, with 3 analysts giving a Strong Buy rating, and the average consensus target price set at $215.58.
• AMD reported $0.48 earnings per share in its latest earnings release, missing consensus estimates, but showed a 31.7% year-over-year increase in revenue, totaling $7.69 billion for the quarter.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) was upgraded by equities researchers at DZ Bank from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report issued on Wednesday,Briefing.com Automated Import reports. The firm currently has a $250.00 price target on the semiconductor manufacturer's stock. DZ Bank's price target would suggest a potential upside of 18.20% from the company's previous close.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $135.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Melius raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $175.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, June 23rd. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $215.58.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ AMD opened at $211.51 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices has a 12-month low of $76.48 and a 12-month high of $226.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 2.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm's 50 day moving average is $167.22 and its 200-day moving average is $135.02. The company has a market capitalization of $343.25 billion, a PE ratio of 121.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.90.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.21, for a total transaction of $1,732,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 125,505 shares in the company, valued at $21,738,721.05. This represents a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the company'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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,359,748 shares of the company's stock, valued at $550,897,879.56. The trade was a 6.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 272,448 shares of company stock valued at $44,554,848 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.06% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wise Wealth Partners acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter worth about $343,000. Parisi Gray Wealth Management acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter worth about $343,000. Davis Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter worth about $736,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $758,000 after buying an additional 2,970 shares during the period. Finally, Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 151.3% in the second quarter. Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc now owns 5,628 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $799,000 after buying an additional 3,388 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company's stock.

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.

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