Diversified Trust Co decreased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 46.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,416 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 6,318 shares during the quarter. Diversified Trust Co's holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $762,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in AMD. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $5,551,000 after acquiring an additional 29,438 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,001,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 264,574 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $31,958,000 after purchasing an additional 29,825 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA raised its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 13.4% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 7,108 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $859,000 after purchasing an additional 841 shares during the period. Finally, Flputnam Investment Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 11.3% in the fourth quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. now owns 36,876 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $4,454,000 after buying an additional 3,735 shares during the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices
In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,500 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.47, for a total value of $1,670,725.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,713,710 shares in the company, valued at $163,607,893.70. This trade represents a 1.01% 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. Insiders own 0.06% of the company's stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $137.00 to $121.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Dbs Bank downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $118.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, June 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $138.74.
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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 0.4%
Shares of AMD stock traded down $0.59 during trading on Thursday, hitting $137.93. 28,633,904 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 42,074,696. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $76.48 and a twelve month high of $187.28. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $116.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $111.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a current ratio of 2.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $223.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 101.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.05.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.03. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 8.30%. The company had revenue of $7.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.62 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 35.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Advanced Micro Devices announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 14th that allows the company to repurchase $6.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the semiconductor manufacturer to reacquire up to 3.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.
Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile
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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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