B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Grows Stock Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Key Points

• B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 17.7%, acquiring an additional 39,023 shares in Q1, bringing the total holdings to $26.6 million.
• Analysts have set new price targets for AMD, with Raymond James raising theirs from $120 to $200, reflecting a strong confidence in the stock, which currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy".
• Advanced Micro Devices recently reported earnings of $0.48 EPS, which fell short of the estimated $0.54, despite a revenue rise to $7.69 billion, exceeding expectations.

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 17.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 258,943 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after purchasing an additional 39,023 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $26,603,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 443.3% in the 4th quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 5,467,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $660,475,000 after buying an additional 4,461,609 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its position 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. Valicenti Advisory Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Valicenti Advisory Services Inc. now owns 76,826 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $7,893,000 after purchasing an additional 2,944 shares during the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 17.2% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 1,728 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $178,000 after purchasing an additional 253 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total transaction of $36,893,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,359,748 shares in the company, valued at $550,897,879.56. The trade was a 6.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,998 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.03, for a total transaction of $2,790,229.94. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,713,710 shares in the company, valued at approximately $265,676,461.30. This trade represents a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 252,998 shares of company stock worth $41,415,580. 0.06% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMD traded down $5.95 during trading on Friday, reaching $162.63. The company's stock had a trading volume of 37,429,409 shares, compared to its average volume of 63,417,536. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.49. The firm has a market cap of $263.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 93.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.94. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $76.48 and a twelve month high of $186.65. The business's fifty day moving average price is $159.34 and its 200-day moving average price is $123.91.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by ($0.06). The business 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%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on AMD shares. Loop Capital cut their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $175.00 to $140.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $200.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. HSBC upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $100.00 to $160.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Dbs Bank lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $181.33.

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.