Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Key Points

• Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC has acquired 3,100 shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), valued at approximately $318,000, as part of its first-quarter investments.
• A number of institutional investors have significantly increased their stakes in AMD, with Toronto Dominion Bank boosting its stake by 443.3% in the fourth quarter.
• AMD's stock is currently down 3.5%, with recent quarterly earnings showing a miss on EPS estimates but a revenue increase of 31.7% year-over-year.

Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 3,100 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock, valued at approximately $318,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Greenline Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 277.8% during the 1st quarter. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA now owns 272 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. American Capital Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 90.3% during the 1st quarter. American Capital Advisory LLC now owns 274 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period. Finally, Investors Research Corp grew its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 117.9% during the 1st quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 305 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Evercore ISI upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $144.00 to $188.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $95.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $120.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Melius upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $175.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. Finally, Raymond James Financial upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $120.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $181.33.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of AMD traded down $0.19 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $162.13. 30,123,703 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 46,603,008. The company has a market cap of $263.11 billion, a PE ratio of 93.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.92. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $76.48 and a 52-week high of $186.65. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $160.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $124.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a current ratio of 2.49.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $7.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.41 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 9.57%.The firm's revenue was up 31.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.69 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Advanced Micro Devices announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 14th that authorizes the company to buyback $6.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the semiconductor manufacturer to reacquire up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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.