Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Reaches New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) reached a new 52-week high on Friday. The stock traded as high as $642.78 and last traded at $640.1970, with a volume of 6185947 shares. The stock had previously closed at $615.73.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: World Labs acquisition expands AMD’s AI strategy. AMD’s planned $8.2 billion all-stock acquisition of Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs could strengthen its capabilities in spatial intelligence, robotics and “physical AI,” while helping guide future chip and rack-scale infrastructure development. An $8.2 Billion Reason to Buy AMD Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Large customer deployments reinforce demand for AMD systems. Hewlett Packard Enterprise secured a $1.2 billion order from Vultr to deploy AMD Helios AI racks across data centers. HPE also raised its networking revenue outlook, offering evidence of growing demand for AMD-powered AI infrastructure. HPE CFO discusses $1.2B deal with Vultr
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and investors remain bullish on long-term growth. Recent commentary highlights sustained AI demand, doubled data-center revenue, record server-CPU quarters, improving earnings power and potential growth in autonomous AI. Rosenblatt reaffirmed a Buy rating, while other coverage argues AMD can benefit without overtaking Nvidia. Why AMD is a Top Stock for the Long-Term
• Positive Sentiment: AMD is gaining visibility in gaming and specialized markets. AMD helped drive September gains in the GAMR gaming index, while updates on chips intended for space missions point to additional, longer-term applications. AMD, Meta Power GAMR’s Gaming Index

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on AMD shares. Barclays cut Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, June 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $700.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Argus increased their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $550.00 target price for the company. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $450.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $567.62.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $1.03 trillion, a P/E ratio of 162.60, a PEG ratio of 6.35 and a beta of 2.45. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $510.41 and a 200-day simple moving average of $443.02. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The company had revenue of $11.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.48 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Grasby sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $514.91, for a total transaction of $7,723,650.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 117,687 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,598,213.17. This trade represents a 11.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 28,811 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.87, for a total transaction of $13,595,046.57. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,261,461 shares in the company, valued at approximately $595,245,602.07. The trade was a 2.23% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 213,838 shares of company stock worth $105,533,836 in the last three months. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BlackRock Inc. raised its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 150,301,510 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $87,311,650,000 after purchasing an additional 4,535,126 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,920,783 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $46,606,266,000 after buying an additional 2,149,563 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 15.9% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,473,280 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $3,313,758,000 after buying an additional 2,124,867 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter worth about $7,022,226,000. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 5.8% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,972,952 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,793,388,000 after buying an additional 545,575 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs high-performance computing, graphics and adaptive computing products. Its offerings serve data centers, personal computers, gaming systems, embedded devices and other specialized markets.

AMD’s product portfolio includes Ryzen processors for desktop and notebook computers, EPYC server processors, Radeon graphics products, and Instinct accelerators designed for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.