Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) Buy Rating Reiterated at Rosenblatt Securities

Rosenblatt Securities restated their buy rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) in a report published on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a $665.00 price objective on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $530.00 to $725.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Erste Group Bank raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Needham & Company LLC raised shares of Advanced Micro Devices to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $522.43.

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Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMD opened at $521.95 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $851.09 billion, a PE ratio of 171.13 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.96. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $512.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $341.53. Advanced Micro Devices has a fifty-two week low of $149.22 and a fifty-two week high of $584.73.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The company’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices will post 6.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $536.33, for a total transaction of $3,217,980.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,233,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $661,663,348.71. The trade was a 0.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total transaction of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. This trade represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 310,310 shares of company stock valued at $141,185,456. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Micro Devices

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Graney & King LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the 1st quarter worth $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

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Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company’s product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.

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