Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Holdings Cut by PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab

PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab lowered its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 2.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 315,846 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 7,231 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for approximately 1.5% of PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab's holdings, making the stock its 10th biggest holding. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $183,478,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of AMD. Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Graney & King LLC purchased a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $31,000. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 87,173 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $45,504,306. The trade was a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total transaction of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,334,572,400.31. This trade represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 285,934 shares of company stock valued at $130,353,006 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $478.00 to $594.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. William Blair reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Friday, July 24th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $615.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Barclays lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from an "overweight" rating to an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have given a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $542.53.

Key Advanced Micro Devices News

Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AMD agreed to acquire Taalas, a developer of specialized AI inference chips, for an undisclosed amount. Taalas’ technology is designed to reduce computing and memory bottlenecks and could improve inference speed and efficiency when combined with AMD Instinct GPUs. The deal strengthens AMD’s strategy as AI demand shifts from model training toward high-volume, real-time inference. AMD deepens AI inference bet with Taalas deal
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continued raising their valuation targets after AMD’s strong second-quarter performance. Rosenblatt lifted its target to $700 and maintained a Buy rating, adding to bullish targets from firms including Jefferies, Truist, Cantor Fitzgerald and Wedbush. AMD analyst price target update
• Positive Sentiment: AMD reported quarterly revenue of $11.54 billion, up 50% year over year, while data-center revenue more than doubled to approximately $6.7 billion. Management also expects data-center revenue to more than double in 2027, supported by Helios and expanding AI infrastructure demand.
• Neutral Sentiment: The broader AI semiconductor trade remains supportive, but Nvidia’s software and engineering-tool expansion highlights the competitive challenge AMD faces in building a complete AI ecosystem. Nvidia bets on design tools while AMD scales hardware
• Negative Sentiment: Risks remain from AMD’s demanding valuation, muted margin expectations and Nvidia’s dominant market position. SpaceX’s decision to use Nvidia chips exclusively has also reinforced concerns about AMD’s ability to win major AI customers.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 1.5%

NASDAQ AMD opened at $489.28 on Friday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a one year low of $149.22 and a one year high of $584.73. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $515.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $358.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $797.82 billion, a PE ratio of 125.78 and a beta of 2.48.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices's quarterly revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.34 earnings per share for the current year.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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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