Seaport Res Ptn lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Zacks.com reports. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Advanced Micro Devices' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS.
AMD has been the topic of several other reports. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $185.00 to $168.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Mizuho upped their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $183.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Dbs Bank cut Advanced Micro Devices from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $120.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Roth Capital set a $150.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, June 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $181.33.
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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 6.6%
Shares of NASDAQ AMD traded down $10.65 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $151.14. 77,891,119 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 48,056,704. 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 has a 52 week low of $76.48 and a 52 week high of $186.65. The company has a market cap of $245.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 86.86, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.92. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $161.36 and a 200-day moving average price of $125.54.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.41 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 EPS for the current year.
Advanced Micro Devices announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 14th that authorizes the company to repurchase $6.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the semiconductor manufacturer to buy up to 3.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total value of $36,893,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,359,748 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,897,879.56. This trade represents a 6.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, 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 value of $1,732,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 125,505 shares of the company's stock, valued at $21,738,721.05. This trade represents a 7.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 252,998 shares of company stock valued at $41,415,580. Company insiders own 0.06% of the company's stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cornerstone Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 4,271 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $606,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. King Wealth Management Group increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. King Wealth Management Group now owns 3,017 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $428,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Synergy Financial Group LTD increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Synergy Financial Group LTD now owns 3,309 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $470,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 14.8% in the 2nd quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 503 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $71,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tritonpoint Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Tritonpoint Wealth LLC now owns 2,857 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $405,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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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