Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Shares Sold by Strs Ohio

Strs Ohio lessened its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 3.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 581,122 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 21,270 shares during the quarter. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $118,218,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 6,228.8% during the fourth quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 308,021 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $65,966,000 after purchasing an additional 303,154 shares during the last quarter. Boomfish Wealth Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 1st quarter worth about $1,193,000. Williamson Legacy Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,118,000. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 8.8% in the 4th quarter. Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC now owns 32,827 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $7,030,000 after buying an additional 2,654 shares during the period. Finally, Valtinson Bruner Financial Planning LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,523,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 87,173 shares in the company, valued at $45,504,306. The trade was a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $140,000,947.80. The trade was a 5.66% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 378,032 shares of company stock valued at $161,876,596. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AMD has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Roth Mkm reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $500.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Truist Financial set a $478.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Erste Group Bank raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $448.78.

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Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMD opened at $517.82 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $466.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is $305.82. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52 week low of $133.50 and a 52 week high of $584.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $844.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 169.78, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.15 earnings per share for the current year.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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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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