Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) SVP Ava Hahn Sells 143 Shares of Stock

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) SVP Ava Hahn sold 143 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.75, for a total transaction of $67,889.25. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 17,644 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,376,489. This represents a 0.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $483.01 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $788.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 124.17 and a beta of 2.48. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $149.22 and a 52-week high of $584.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $510.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $366.44.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on AMD. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $1,250.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $650.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. KeyCorp set a $650.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $385.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have given a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $546.87.

Key Advanced Micro Devices News

Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its 2030 server CPU market forecast to more than $210 billion from approximately $170 billion, arguing that AI agents will increase demand for CPUs alongside GPUs. The bank named AMD and Nvidia as its leading semiconductor investment choices. Bank of America Elevates AI Chip Forecast, Selects AMD and Nvidia as Leading Choices
• Positive Sentiment: The expanded CPU outlook strengthens AMD’s growth case beyond AI accelerators, particularly as the company targets substantial server-market share and develops its Helios AI platform. AMD Gets a Bigger AI Opportunity as CPU Market Expands
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analyst commentary remains constructive: Bernstein said AMD continued taking CPU unit share from Intel, while other analysts argue that AI growth can justify AMD’s premium valuation. AMD vs. Intel: One Is a Buy, the Other Is a Hold
• Neutral Sentiment: AMD plans to issue up to $5 billion of investment-grade bonds to fund AI expansion, partnerships and general corporate purposes. The financing provides capital for growth but introduces additional interest and execution risk. AMD Prepares Record $5 Billion Bond Sale
• Negative Sentiment: AMD trades at a very demanding valuation—about 124 times trailing earnings in the supplied data—making the stock vulnerable if AI growth expectations or margins disappoint. Options markets also imply unusually wide potential outcomes. AMD Stock Can Halve or Nearly Double
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive concerns persist after reports that SpaceX will use Nvidia exclusively for AI chips. Separately, BNP Paribas and Optiver reported reducing AMD holdings in recent filings, though those disclosures reflect positions as of June 30 rather than current trading. Is AMD in Trouble as SpaceX Goes Exclusive With Nvidia?

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after buying an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $758,000 after buying an additional 2,970 shares in the last quarter. United Bank lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,881,000 after acquiring an additional 2,392 shares during the period. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,310,000 after acquiring an additional 7,228 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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.