Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for AMD Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Advanced Micro Devices in a report released on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the semiconductor manufacturer will post earnings per share of $0.71 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.72. The consensus estimate for Advanced Micro Devices’ current full-year earnings is $3.87 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Advanced Micro Devices’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.58 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.57 EPS.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 6.36% and a return on equity of 7.42%.

AMD has been the subject of a number of other reports. Melius lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $160.00 to $129.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Loop Capital began coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $175.00 price target for the company. TD Cowen reduced their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $185.00 to $150.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Morgan Stanley set a $137.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Roth Capital set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $155.83.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ AMD opened at $99.51 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $117.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $137.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.62 and a quick ratio of 1.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $161.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 100.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.65. Advanced Micro Devices has a 52-week low of $99.50 and a 52-week high of $227.30.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Philip Guido purchased 4,645 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $107.56 per share, with a total value of $499,616.20. Following the acquisition, the executive vice president now directly owns 33,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,605,626.32. This represents a 16.09 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 76,496 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.66, for a total transaction of $10,912,919.36. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,566,762 shares in the company, valued at $508,834,266.92. This trade represents a 2.10 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.73% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AMD. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth about $2,867,193,000. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 443.3% in the 4th quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 5,467,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $660,475,000 after purchasing an additional 4,461,609 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2,265.5% in the 4th quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 3,017,294 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $364,459,000 after purchasing an additional 2,889,739 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 20.1% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 17,155,522 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,072,215,000 after buying an additional 2,874,012 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 23.3% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 11,859,744 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,432,538,000 after buying an additional 2,238,866 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

About Advanced Micro Devices

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.