Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Stock Price Down 2.5% – Should You Sell?

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) traded down 2.5% on Monday . The stock traded as low as $237.15 and last traded at $240.52. 37,717,560 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 25% from the average session volume of 50,135,590 shares. The stock had previously closed at $246.81.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AMD has been the topic of several research reports. Seaport Res Ptn downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, September 4th. Erste Group Bank lowered Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Melius Research set a $380.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Wolfe Research set a $300.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $300.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.49.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.49, a quick ratio of 1.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $208.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $164.65. The firm has a market cap of $391.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 138.23, a PEG ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.93.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.03. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 9.57%.The business had revenue of $9.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.76 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.92 EPS. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Advanced Micro Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 16,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.28, for a total value of $3,767,904.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,714,505 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $384,529,181.40. This represents a 0.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 225,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.97, for a total value of $36,893,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,359,748 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,897,879.56. This trade represents a 6.28% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 264,118 shares of company stock valued at $44,448,619. 0.06% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wise Wealth Partners acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 2nd quarter worth about $343,000. Waterfront Wealth Inc. bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the second quarter worth approximately $1,145,000. Parisi Gray Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the second quarter valued at approximately $343,000. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. raised its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 43.3% in the second quarter. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 12,245 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,738,000 after buying an additional 3,702 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Davis Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the second quarter valued at approximately $736,000. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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.