Callan Family Office LLC Raises Stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Callan Family Office LLC lifted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 7.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 65,046 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,245 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices comprises about 0.7% of Callan Family Office LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. Callan Family Office LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $37,786,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in AMD. First National Bank of Hutchinson boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.4% during the second quarter. First National Bank of Hutchinson now owns 5,639 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $3,276,000 after buying an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 12.8% during the first quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 212 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the period. Trust Co of the South increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.5% in the second quarter. Trust Co of the South now owns 1,746 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,014,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 9.4% during the 2nd quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 292 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $169,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, Veery Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Veery Capital LLC now owns 2,793 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,622,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Raymond James upgraded AMD to “Strong Buy,” citing improving AI accelerator prospects and potential for the stock to outperform. Other reports highlighted bullish price targets, including BMO Capital’s $550 target and expectations that AMD could continue narrowing NVIDIA’s competitive advantage. AMD Stock Gets Strong Buy Upgrade From Raymond James
• Positive Sentiment: AMD announced UCIe connectivity for its Versal adaptive SoCs, strengthening the company’s positioning in advanced chiplet and data-center designs. Investors viewed the update as supportive of AMD’s long-term AI and infrastructure strategy. AMD Stock Rallies on UCIe Chip Update
• Positive Sentiment: Reports emphasized large GPU commitments from customers including OpenAI and Meta, supporting the view that AMD is becoming a credible alternative to NVIDIA in AI infrastructure. Analysts also see continued strength in CPU demand as data centers become more compute-intensive. AMD Is Winning Nvidia Customers
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s earnings on August 26 are a near-term catalyst for AMD and the entire semiconductor sector. Strong AI demand and guidance could lift AMD, while any signs of slowing accelerator spending could pressure the shares. NVIDIA Earnings Could Move AI Stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts remain cautious, arguing that AMD’s elevated valuation leaves less room for execution disappointments. Repeated insider selling—particularly by CEO Lisa Su and other executives—also raises concerns about profit-taking after the stock’s substantial year-to-date advance. AMD More Downside Risks
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s planned investment of more than $10 billion in Taiwan advanced packaging and its recent $4.75 billion debt offering increase capacity for AI growth but could weigh on near-term cash flow, leverage, and margins. AMD Debt Raise and Taiwan AI Push

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $479.18 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12-month low of $149.22 and a 12-month high of $584.73. The firm has a market cap of $782.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 123.18 and a beta of 2.48. The company’s 50-day moving average is $509.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $379.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $11.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 87,173 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 28,811 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $471.87, for a total value of $13,595,046.57. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,261,461 shares in the company, valued at $595,245,602.07. This trade represents a 2.23% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 210,763 shares of company stock valued at $99,912,107 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on AMD shares. Raymond James Financial raised Advanced Micro Devices from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $565.00 to $641.00 in a research note on Tuesday. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $425.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $650.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Seaport Research Partners upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $450.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.72.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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.