Davis R M Inc. increased its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) by 8.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,680 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 383 shares during the quarter. Davis R M Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $664,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter valued at about $958,422,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 169.7% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 9,855,341 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,012,538,000 after buying an additional 6,200,850 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 131.5% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 10,413,139 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,069,846,000 after buying an additional 5,915,185 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter worth approximately $436,746,000. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 47,883.5% in the first quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 4,142,418 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $425,592,000 after acquiring an additional 4,133,785 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 4.5%
AMD opened at $243.98 on Tuesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $76.48 and a fifty-two week high of $267.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $397.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 140.22, a PEG ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.93. The company’s 50-day moving average is $200.97 and its 200 day moving average is $160.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 2.49 and a quick ratio of 1.81.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Friday. Wedbush raised their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $270.00 to $290.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Loop Capital set a $290.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.26.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 17,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.93, for a total transaction of $2,767,996.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 313,848 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,507,558.64. This trade represents a 5.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 16,800 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.28, for a total value of $3,767,904.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,714,505 shares in the company, valued at $384,529,181.40. This trade represents a 0.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 264,118 shares of company stock valued at $44,448,619. Insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.
Advanced Micro Devices 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.
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