Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Purchases 68,601 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 425.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 84,712 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 68,601 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $17,233,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $4,929,312,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 181.6% in the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 10,910,310 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,336,552,000 after acquiring an additional 7,035,991 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth about $1,000,783,000. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $784,330,000 after purchasing an additional 3,735,807 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 340.1% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,747,834 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,016,796,000 after purchasing an additional 3,669,054 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 4.3%

Shares of AMD opened at $517.82 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $844.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 169.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.47. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $133.50 and a 1 year high of $584.73. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $466.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $305.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 1.96.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The firm had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.90 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.96 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total value of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,334,572,400.31. This trade represents a 4.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 31,320 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $10,962,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,236,037 shares in the company, valued at approximately $432,612,950. This trade represents a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 have sold 378,032 shares of company stock valued at $161,876,596 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently commented on AMD shares. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $330.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Oppenheimer lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $579.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Wedbush boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $290.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and set a $260.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $448.78.

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Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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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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